Love Tennis and Yumiko Miura

"Buy some things that couples can use?" Zhixian didn't shy away from the question and spoke directly.

"The pendant on the schoolbag?" This was Yumiko's subconscious reaction. After all, they wear school uniforms while at school, so it's not easy to wear couple outfits.

"Sure." Zhixian didn't refuse, "You can hang it on your tennis bag."

Compared to school bags, the two of them now carry tennis bags more often, and the tennis bags are also very conspicuous.

"Or..." Yumiko thought as she casually touched her ear, "Chixian!"

"Have you thought of anything?" Seeing his girlfriend's excited look, Zhixian guessed that she probably had an idea.

"Do you want to wear earrings?" Yumiko said, pulling back her hair to reveal her small, white ears. There was a small, round, white earring on the earlobe. "I got my ears pierced here, and I bought the earrings here too."

Yumiko kept lifting her hair with one hand to expose her ear, showing the earring to Zhixian.

Zhixian subconsciously touched Youmiko's ear, but Youmiko pushed his hand away angrily.

"I asked you if you want to wear earrings, what are you touching?"

"She's so beautiful that I can't help myself." Zhixian answered with confidence.

"......So, do you want to wear it?" Youmiko looked at Zhixian with anticipation. She felt that Zhixian would look very cool with earrings on given her temperament!

"You can give it a try." Zhixian did not refuse. Neither Mr. Tachibana nor Ms. Sato in his family would impose too many restrictions on him in this regard, nor were they that traditional.

"Then let's go!" So Youmiko pulled Zhixian towards the store she was very familiar with. She couldn't wait to see Zhixian wearing earrings.

----split line----

The tracking duo was still tracking. They chose a place that was not far from the couple but was not easily discovered by them.

"Couple straws, this is good." Nozaki and Chiyo also ordered drinks and lay in ambush. Then Nozaki began to draw non-stop in the sketchbook - there was no space to draw on the tram just now, as if he was worried about losing inspiration, he now wrote with a rapid speed.

"Nozaki-kun is so meticulous." Chiyo had nothing to do now, so she drank her drink and watched Nozaki paint.

The drawing was clearly based on Chigen Yumiko, but when it came to paper it inexplicably turned into the senior in the comics and another boy whose face was not shown, only his back.

Because Nozaki and Yumiko were not very familiar with each other, they needed more information to design the new character. In order to avoid the character becoming the Suzuki face he liked, he chose to draw the character without showing the face.

Xiao Chiyo, still absolutely amazing and on the edge of OB.

120. Order a pair of

(A reminder before watching, because we are in the two-dimensional world, please don’t complain about the various precautions after getting your ears pierced.)

"Welcome, would you like to get your ears pierced or buy jewelry?" As the two entered the door, a female clerk greeted them with a polite smile.

"Pierce his ears." Youmeizi said, then pointed at Zhixian, "Pierce his ears."

The clerk was a little surprised, but recovered quickly: "Okay, then please sit here for a while and we will get ready."

"Will Zhixian be nervous? I have to make a hole in my earlobe." Youmiko asked.

"There will be a little bit, probably." Zhixian said, but he sounded unusually calm.

"I remember I was so scared, but I finally gritted my teeth and made up my mind." Yumiko couldn't help laughing as she recalled her past. "The clerk told me it would only take a moment, and told me to stop shaking."

"It should be similar to having blood drawn in the hospital." Zhixian compared ear piercing and drawing blood from the finger.

The difference is that ear piercing requires a full piercing, while blood drawing only requires a single piercing. Strictly speaking, ear piercing is more like stapler-stitching materials, stapling a full piercing at a time.

"Just like when you are learning tennis, it is inevitable that you will fall down while saving the ball." Zhixian recalled that when he first started learning tennis, his tennis teacher asked him to save every ball, except for the unexpected change of direction ball, which he had to save.

It doesn't matter if you can't save the ball and it goes out of bounds, but you must try to save it, regardless of whether you can successfully return it.

My tennis teacher said this is all about cultivating a positive mindset. Saving the ball whenever you see it helps maintain your mindset and help you break through. Otherwise, you'll always assume you can't reach it and then give up. Once this mindset becomes established, you'll never be able to face pressure and defeat your opponent. Simply giving up on a ball you might not be able to reach won't break through. A negative mindset prevents you from even conquering yourself on the court, let alone your opponent.

Zhixian agreed, and he demanded the same of Liumei. However, Zhixian wasn't as ruthless as his former teacher, who would just let her fall. During Liumei's training, Zhixian was relatively gentle, only hitting shots that might make her stumble but not cause her to fall. He still felt sorry for Liumei.

"Speaking of this, I remember when I was in elementary school and in the tennis class, people always complained that they couldn't catch the ball. Then you whispered to me that it was because they didn't throw the ball enough. If they threw it more, they would naturally be able to catch it." You Youzi smiled when she mentioned this. She felt that Zhixian was up to no good at that time, but Zhixian usually disdained to cause trouble and only complained occasionally.

The most prominent manifestation of this is Rumi bickering with him, and then defeating Rumi by setting traps. Yumiko feels that if this trend continues, Rumi may surpass Yukinoshita Yukino in verbal expression. After all, after only a few months of training, Rumi can occasionally choke Zhixian's coach to the point of being speechless.

"The performance of the students studying in the United States is much better than that of many boys in our interest class. Those guys always feel that they can't catch the ball."

"Actually, Zhixian, you're quite proud of studying in the US, right? Even though you bicker all the time."

"That's true. Liumei works very hard, and she is very smart and won't waste time." One can't help but praise Liumei Zhixian.

"If Rumi wasn't so young, I would be jealous." Yumiko joked.

"Why would a master's wife like you be jealous of your apprentice?" Zhixian said, "But it's okay to be a little jealous occasionally. That way, Youmeizi will feel sweet and sour."

"Do you think I'm yogurt?" Youyouko laughed dumbly. Sour and sweet is me?

"Can we get started now?" The clerk appeared with a device that looked like a stapler.

"Okay." Zhixian immediately stood up and walked over.

Yumiko was approached by another clerk: "Are you bringing your boyfriend to get your ears pierced?"

"Oh, yes, I want to wear the same earrings as him," Yumiko replied.

"How sweet! I'm a little envious," the clerk said with a smile. "Although some guys do get their ears pierced, most of them do it to look cool. Very few of them come with their girlfriends."

"Is that so?" Yumiko was very happy to hear what the clerk said.

"You want the same earrings, right? If it's convenient, could you please show me your earring styles?" the salesgirl asked.

"Of course." Yumiko reached out and lifted her hair, revealing her ears.

"Okay, I see. We happen to have it in stock, so you can bring it over directly." The saleswoman said, "This one goes perfectly with your boyfriend's silver hair."

"I think so, too."

"It seems your boyfriend really likes you." The clerk said this and left with a smile to get the earrings.

Yumiko smiled and looked in the direction of Zhixian.

Of course she knew how much Zhixian liked her, just as Zhixian also knew how much she liked him.

You can't hide your affection for someone, especially since they never hid their affection for each other. Why hide the affection that made the corners of your mouth curl up at the mere mention of their names?

----split line----

The camera moves to the tracking duo of Paras and Shavaran.

Earlier, while drinking in the milk tea shop, Nozaki was sketching in his sketchbook about his inspiration on the train, while Chiyo was watching him in a daze, bored.

Zhixian and Youyouko showed their affection all the way, which made her quite envious. However, she just hated that the big guy next to her was a girl cartoonist who was famous for depicting delicate emotions, but he was completely clueless and really treated her as an assistant and ordinary friend.

Tachibana and Miura are shopping together, eating crepes, and drinking drinks, while she can only...wait! Isn't she doing the exact same thing as the couple over there? Just not as intimate! She and Nozaki are doing the same thing as them! Chigen Yumiko and Yumiko are on a date, so doesn't that mean she and Nozaki are also on a date?

......

If you think about it this way, she and Nozaki are also a high school couple in the eyes of passers-by, right?

Thinking of this, Chiyo hurriedly tidied herself up. She couldn't lose face for Nozaki-kun!

Ah~ After all, this is her date with Nozaki-kun~ Good luck, Chiyo!

Next, I will try my best to create a dating atmosphere while following Tachibana-san!

"They're starting to move, let's go Sakura." Nozaki had sharp eyes and even while drawing he noticed the two people getting up and preparing to leave.

"Roger that!"

Nozaki glanced at Chiyo and thought that she seemed more energetic than before.

It must have been an illusion! Nozaki packed up his sketchbook and ran after Chigen Yumiko.

121. Buy, buy, buy

Ear piercing isn't complicated. First, you mark the spot on your earlobe with a pen, like drawing a heart on a target. Then the clerk uses their "stapler" to aim at the target and click the earlobe, piercing it completely.

In reality, the piercing was completed in the blink of an eye, just like a needle, with only a momentary pain. Then, a small stick was inserted into the hole. The same procedure was repeated on the other side, and it was quickly completed.

(Again, I remind you, don’t be too serious about the anime. The earrings are for plot needs, not for wearing on the same day.)

The ear piercing was done and the clerk over there came over with the earrings.

"Come and try it on." The young lady clerk said, and then two clerks helped to put the earrings on.

"How do you feel about taking a picture?" The clerk took out a small mirror and asked Zhixian to take a picture. "I personally think it's very cool! It matches your hair color very well, and it suits your girlfriend even more~" As he said this, he turned his head and smiled at Youmeko.

Zhixian looked at his earlobes in the mirror, turning his head left and right. Having an earring on his ear felt strange, a feeling he couldn't describe. But he didn't dislike the feeling; he actually quite liked it.

(Author's voiceover: It's hard to describe because I haven't pierced my ears.)

"Zhixian, how do you feel?" Youyouko's voice sounded behind him. Zhixian even felt that Youyouko was a little nervous, perhaps worried that he would not like the feeling of wearing earrings. After all, it was she who encouraged him to pierce his ears.

"I feel great. As expected of Yumiko." Zhixian said with a smile, "Yumiko's aesthetic is as reassuring as ever."

"As long as Zhixian likes it." Youyouko breathed a sigh of relief. She pulled Zhixian and looked left and right - she was actually quite satisfied. Just as the store clerk said, Zhixian looked really cool with earrings.

She was a little glad that she didn't choose overly fancy earrings because of the school rules. This simple earring is unisex and really suits Zhixian.

After listening to the series of precautions emphasized by the clerk, Zhixian and Youmeiko paid and left.

"Where should we go next?" Youmiko couldn't help feeling happy when she saw Zhixian's earrings. She pulled Zhixian's hand and swung it, as if she was swinging on a swing, getting higher and higher - this fully demonstrated the girl's good mood.

"How about buying a set of clothes for the match?" Zhixian suggested. They both wore separate tennis clothes, the colors being the most they could share. "We can customize the patterns."

"That's fine!" Youmiko immediately seconded the idea. It's not necessary to wear the official uniform in individual competitions, and the high school league doesn't have any special requirements for clothing. After all, it's not a professional competition.

Moreover, the two will definitely play more mixed doubles matches in the future, so these couple-like tennis outfits will naturally be used more often.

"I remember there is a store here that can do customization." Zhixian said.

"Chixian." Yumiko turned around with her hands behind her back like a butterfly and looked at her boyfriend with a smile, "Did you plan this a long time ago?"

"Youmiko found us." Zhixian reached out and held Youmiko's hand. "Even though we were just strolling around, we still have a backup plan."

"As expected of Zhixian, you never fight a battle without preparation." Youmiko rested her head on his shoulder when Zhixian pulled her in. "So, what alternative plans have you prepared?"

"I'm also planning to go to the jewelry store and buy you a new hairband." Zhixian said.

Because Yumiko always wears a ponytail during competitions, she used to wear hair bands of various colors.

"You can also buy the same wrist guards and tape."

Because Zhixian had already given Youmiko the same pair of tennis shoes, he didn't mention the issue of tennis shoes again.

"Okay, it's settled!" Youmiko's eyes curved into crescents. She liked all of these very much!

"Let's go!" Youmiko held Zhixian in one hand and raised the other hand high!

"Let's go!" Zhixian also cooperated and raised his arm.

"Puchi." The two smiled at each other, helpless about their own childish behavior.

"Then let's go get the clothes custom-made first," Zhixian suggested.

"Okay." Yumiko agreed. "Then let's go buy a hairband and wristbands~"

"Does Yumiko have any ideas for the pattern of the clothes?"

"Um...Y and C disc together?"

Yumiko and Chizuru.

"Trace a Y and C in the center of a tennis racket? How about a pair of overlapping rackets?"

“It feels like a good idea.”

"We can ask the boss to draw a rendering for us."

"That's right."

The two of them headed towards their destination.

Then he stopped in front of a store.

There were two tops hanging there, with prints of Kudo Shinichi and Mao Li Ran respectively.

"Chixian, do you like Detective Conan?" Youmiko blinked. She knew that Zhixian liked animation, but she really didn't understand JOJO or anything like that. She had watched some Conan, though.

"It's okay." Zhixian looked at the couple's outfit hanging there, "Do you want to try it?"

"Okay." Yumiko naturally had no objection.

So the two of them went into the store, asked the clerk for styles in their respective sizes, and then went into the fitting rooms separately.

Soon the two of them changed their clothes and appeared together.

The two looked at each other and then came to the mirror.

"These clothes look great on you two!" the clerk praised.