Love Tennis and Yumiko Miura

"How did you guess that? You shouldn't have been there."

"Because Miura's reaction was strange," Hikigaya said. "Normally, after hearing my plan, she didn't immediately express her approval or disapproval, nor did she express any opinions. Instead, she looked in your direction. It's obvious that she's worried about my reaction to you because of something you did."

"You're quite observant."

"If you hadn't done something, according to Miura's personality, she would have expressed her opinion immediately. But she didn't express any opinions from beginning to end in the afternoon. This is too strange, so I think it must have been you who did something." Hikigaya deduced.

"Yes, I did communicate with Liumei." Now that things have come to this, Zhixian naturally has no need to lie, and it's not something that he can't see in person.

93. Photos and the Test of Courage (Part 3)

Finally, it was the turn of the last group that studied in the United States to set off.

"Okay! This is the last group!" Komachi waved her cat claws and pointed at the only group of students studying in the United States who remained.

The last group naturally had no suspense, but the girls were still excited and nervous, anticipating yet also apprehensive, as they set off, chatting away. Liumei followed alone at the end of the group, her hair tie still in a high ponytail.

Although she has made up her mind to make changes, she is still in a bad mood because of the exclusion and isolation. Her expression is out of tune with her groupmates a few steps ahead of her, forming a sharp contrast.

Liumei fiddled with the camera hanging around his neck, repeatedly looking at the few photos in the camera.

There are photos of her warming up with Yumiko, photos of Yumiko helping her tie her ponytail, photos of her alone with her ponytail, photos of Yumiko guiding her in swinging the racket, photos of her swinging the racket alone afterwards, photos of her and Uncle Honda, photos of her and Yumiko Chigen, and photos of the four of them taking a photo together holding rackets.

Zhixian also showed a rare smile in front of the camera, and Youmiko next to him smiled even more brightly. I, who was standing between the two of them, also smiled. Not to mention Uncle Honda at the back, who put one hand on Zhixian's shoulder and made a scissors hand gesture with the other hand. He also smiled extremely brightly. In order to pose, he even tucked the racket under his armpit.

In comparison, just hanging the racket on your shoulder is much more casual.

By the way, the match between Zhixian and Uncle Honda ended with a score of 6:1 - Zhixian finally let Uncle Honda win a small game so that he could go home and show off to his son that he won a small game against Zhixian.

At the instigation of Uncle Honda, Zhixian performed some moves that were quite enjoyable to watch, such as tightrope walking, white whale, and swallow flash - these are the kinds of moves that Zhixian, who prefers to play it safe, would not easily perform in official competitions.

It was like performing an acrobatic act, and Zhixian himself was enjoying it quite a lot.

After the game, Uncle Honda said that he wanted to see Zhixian at full power.

Then Zhixian's four Zero-type serves ended a round, the Guardian of the Hundred-Arm Giant ended a round, and the Reverse Use of the Domain ended a round.

These three short games really left Liu Mei stunned. When she searched, she had only seen Zero-style slice shots, and the article also emphasized the two-wielding style.

After all, it was an article written a year ago. During this year, Zhixian's growth has far exceeded the imagination of "Tennis Monthly". I believe that after this year's game, "Tennis Monthly" will once again arrange an exclusive interview with Zhixian.

Just as Rumi was thinking about this, their group passed by the not-at-all-scary little devil Yuigahama and the not-at-all-scary Yukinoshita, who was probably playing a snow woman? Then, suddenly, hurried footsteps sounded behind them. Although it had some effect, it still frightened the elementary school students a little.

Liumei felt that when she heard the sound and turned her head, she vaguely saw a broom. Maybe it was someone playing the role of a witch?

She didn't think much about it, after all, it was a test of courage.

Perhaps oppressed by the terror of the darkness—after all, each group only had one flashlight—the entire group began talking loudly, discussing what to do next as they moved forward. Someone exclaimed, "Ah!"

——Hayama Tobe and Yumiko were standing not far in front of them.

"Ah! It's my big brother and the others!"

The elementary school students breathed a sigh of relief and immediately moved forward. Only Liumei was still at the back of the team. She vaguely felt that something was not right with these people.

"She's dressed very normally!"

"How lame!"

"Put on some more energy!"

"This test of courage isn't scary at all!"

"You're already in high school and you're still so stupid!"

Several elementary school students started chattering.

If Tobe Yumiko hadn't been deliberately trying to scare them before, she'd have been a bit displeased after hearing these words. Wasn't she treating them like outsiders? Was she getting a little carried away?

The elementary school students who were approaching were roughly pushed away by Hubu. Then he shouted in a slightly aggressive voice: "What are you guys complaining about, huh?"

"Are you guys getting too carried away? You and I are not friends, are we?" Yumiko also spoke with a tone of disgust. At this time, she looked like the "Queen of Fire" in the school.

The primary school students were dumbfounded. They had never expected to receive such treatment, which was completely different from the treatment they had received before.

"Was there someone who looked down on us just now? Who said that?"

No one responded. The primary school students just looked at each other and didn't dare to speak.

Yumiko, who was getting impatient because of this situation, clicked her tongue. "I'm asking who said that just now. Who was it? Can't you speak? Stand up right now!"

The three of them kept compressing the space, and Hu Bu's hands made crackling sounds.

"Hayato-kun, can I beat them? I can beat them, right?" Tobe asked while throwing a straight punch forward.

Before this, Ye Shan had always remained silent and continued to cast a cold gaze, emitting an unknown terror.

Finally, Ye Shan spoke.

"Let's do this, you keep half and I'll let the remaining half go." Ye Shan said coldly.

......

The pupils looked at each other again.

"...I'm sorry!" He said it almost in tears.

"I didn't tell you to apologize, didn't I? Leave half and choose someone quickly."

"Hurry up, who is it? Is it you? Or you?" Tobe and Yumiko spoke in unison with Ye Shan.

As a result, the elementary school students hesitated and unanimously proposed studying in the United States.

As Hikigaya expected, Zhixian, holding a broom, watched everything coldly.

Then another girl was nominated, and like a plague, she was quickly accepted by others.

As a result, the girls except those who studied in the United States became so angry that they even forgot that they were in danger and only cared about shirking responsibility.

"Come on! Let's all apologize together!" Even if someone suggested this, they would be ignored. How can you apologize when the relationship has already been torn apart? Even elementary school students are very realistic.

Finally, the second person was chosen.

Ye Shan started the countdown because one person still needed to be chosen.

According to the plan, Hikigaya would interrupt Hayama now and tell him that this was an act.

However, the camera's flash flashed white light, like a flash magic that illuminated the entire cave.

......

Looking at the flash from the camera on Liumei's neck, Zhixian smiled.

94. You just want to play with the JOJO meme, right?

After the test of courage, there will be a bonfire party.

When Zhixian arrived at the square, the blazing bonfire was clearly visible.

Everyone else went back to change their clothes, only Zhixian came to the square in a set of mage equipment to look for Liumei - still holding a broom in his hand.

"Yo." Zhixian, dressed in black, appeared behind Liumei.

"Ah, it's Zhixian." Liu Mei looked up at Zhixian's outfit and couldn't help laughing, "What are you wearing?"

"Magician." Zhixian adjusted his hat, which tilted slightly forward due to his lowered head. "This is for you."

Liu Mei reached out to take it and glanced at the bottle: "Lemon tea?"

Zhixian put the broom beside him, sat down gently next to Liumei, and stretched out his legs.

"Youmiko really likes this drink." Zhixian also pulled the ring with a "snap". "Thank you for your hard work in the Test of Courage."

"Nothing." Liu Mei held the can and shook her head. "Zhixian is the one running around and it's tiring, right?"

"I didn't say that." Zhixian took off his pointed wizard hat and put it on Liumei's head. "Youyouko and Yeshan and the others didn't mean to make things difficult for you. Don't blame Youyouko. She actually cares about your opinion of her."

"Yeah, I know, probably Hachiman." Rumi said Hikigaya's name.

"As expected of you." Zhixian gently rubbed Liumei's head through the wizard's hat, "You can't blame me for not objecting, right?"

"It has nothing to do with Zhixian. Hachiman and the others are just thinking about me." The brim of the wizard's hat was too wide, so Zhixian couldn't see Liumei's expression, he could only hear her voice.

"Liu Mei is still a kind child after all!" Zhixian sighed after taking a sip of lemon tea.

“…” Liu Mei remained silent about this comment.

"I believe everything will be fine around Liumei." Zhixian stretched lazily.

"...If that's possible." Liu Mei muttered softly, but still within the range that Zhixian could hear.

"You should know about cancer if you stay in the US, right?"

"know."

"Cancer cannot be completely cured, but many patients who were given a death countdown by doctors have lived beyond that number and even lived for many more years. Do you know why?"

"......Why?"

"A positive and optimistic attitude, a desire to survive, and enough money."

"...Forget about the first two, but what about the last one!" Liumei complained subconsciously. Isn't it too early to say such things to a child?

"Lighten the atmosphere." Zhixian chuckled.

"Really..." Liu Mei was so helpless that she wanted to say "yeah yeah".

"Two prisoners looked out of the iron window, one looking down at the earth, the other looking up at the stars."

"What is this?" Liu Mei asked in confusion.

"do not you know?"

"Should I know?" Liu Mei looked confused.

"Don't kids these days watch JOJO?" Zhixian muttered softly, then added, "It doesn't matter if you don't know. I just want to tell you one thing: no matter what situation you're in, don't give up hope."

"Don't give up hope no matter what the situation is?" Liumei repeated in a low voice.

"If you give up on yourself, who else can you expect to help you?"

"..."

“There is no greater human greatness than remaining calm in the face of fear and despair.”

"..."

"The hymn of mankind is the hymn of courage, and the greatness of mankind is the greatness of courage."

"..."

“Enlightenment is to carve out a bright path for advancement through the dark wilderness.”

"...So, what are you talking about?"

"I think the famous line from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fits the current atmosphere very well."

"How much do you like JOJO?" Liu Mei complained, you just want to play with the JOJO meme, right?

"Go home and ask your father, he must like JOJO too." Zhixian shrugged. There is no one in the world who doesn't like JOJO, there are only people who like JOJO and people who haven't seen JOJO.

"Because Zhixian felt that the topic had inexplicably gone off track."

"Hahaha, let's just run off the track. This is our last night. See you when we get back to Chiba." Zhixian stood up, picked up the broom beside him, and put the wizard hat off Liumei's head. "Want to take a picture?"

The Chinese student in the United States was speechless. He actually asked to be photographed. He really has no shame.

"want."

Finally took photos.

"That lemon tea is sweet and delicious." Zhixian said this before leaving, then waved to Liumei and left.

"Really? That's not cool at all." Liu Mei watched Zhixian leave, then pulled the ring on her lemon tea can, brought it to her lips and took a sip. "...It's really delicious."

----split line----

While Zhixian was chatting with Liumei, he was actually secretly observing the reactions of the elementary school students in the same group with Liumei.

All the members of the group ignored each other, obviously unable to let go, but they would secretly glance in the direction of Liumei from time to time.

After changing into this set of "Magic Scholar", Zhixian returned to the square and reunited with Youmiko and others.

At this time, the bonfire party had ended and the elementary school students had begun to disperse.

Yuigahama, carrying a bucket of water and fireworks, invited everyone to play with the fireworks. Komachi and Totsuka even got lighters from the teachers, and the girls immediately started playing happily.

These handheld fireworks were bought from a convenience store. When they were lit, they made a "whoosh" sound and sprayed out dazzling green flames.