"The kind with winning written on the wooden stick?" asked Koizumi Aona.

"My childhood was actually the same as my teacher's."

"Are you dissatisfied with something?!" Koizumi Aona finally got rid of her shyness, stood up with four cones, and handed one of the cream-flavored ones to Watanabe Toru.

"Teacher, I don't want this, change to chocolate vanilla flavor."

"You just said you'd eat anything." Koizumi Aona looked at him angrily, then smiled and changed one for him.

This is a soft-serve ice cream that you can lick and eat, and it is different from what Toru Watanabe ate in the village when he was a child.

The ice cream in the village has a hard texture and needs to be bitten before eating.

Toru Watanabe took a sip and found the taste delicate and smooth, sliding onto the tip of his tongue like silk and into his throat without any graininess.

"Teacher's food is still the best." He ate with a perfunctory look on his face.

Koizumi Aona recalled the feeling of their tongues entangled just now, and felt nostalgic and reluctant.

Realizing that she wanted to continue, she hurried out with the cone.

The four of them sat in the living room eating cones and chatting about what had been discussed at the morning faculty meeting.

After finishing the cone, Koizumi Aina asked the three people, "What are we having for lunch?"

"Don't bother, just cook some udon noodles." Akiko ate the egg cone shell.

"Okay." Koizumi Aona stood up, "Watanabe, go call Mai."

"Let's call." Watanabe Toru took out his cell phone.

If he really wants to go, the noodles are ready. No, he won’t be able to come back until dark.

"There are shrimp and vegetables in the refrigerator," Miyazaki Miyuki stood up, "I'll help."

The two of them walked towards the kitchen, and Akiko slipped off the sofa and trotted after them.

"One more~ One more~ Cute ice cream cone~ My favorite ice cream cone~" she hummed.

"It's time for dinner." Koizumi Aona's voice came over.

"It's okay, just eat one!"

"Get one for Watanabe, and Mai as well."

"Two children, they are not allowed to eat until after dinner!"

After a simple lunch, Toru Watanabe began to conceive the script for the cultural festival.

He took a mechanical pencil and writing paper, sat at the table in the living room, and calmed down to think.

At this table, besides him, Koizumi Aona and Akiko were preparing lessons, and Miyazaki Miyuki seemed to be preparing a list of medicines and medical equipment.

Asu Mai knelt down on the sofa, eating ice cream and watching TV.

After the teachers finished preparing their lessons, the four women brought eggs, low-gluten flour, milk and other ingredients, as well as glass bowls, egg beaters and other tools, and started making puffs in the living room.

"Ah! I'm so tired!" Huangzi put down the manual egg beater and shook his hands vigorously.

There was an automatic egg beater, but there was only one, so they gave it to the youngest girl, Asuna Mai, and used a manual one themselves.

"I'll do it." Toru Watanabe put down his mechanical pencil and walked over to join in the fun.

"Have you finished writing the script?" Koizumi Aona asked him gently while whipping the cream skillfully in her hands.

"No, but there's no rush." ​​Toru Watanabe rolled up his sleeves, took over Akiko's glass bowl and egg beater, and started beating quickly and rhythmically.

"Come on!" Akiko, with his hands covered in flour, patted him on the shoulder as if to encourage him.

"Akira!" Koizumi Aona shouted.

"It's okay," Watanabe Toru said nonchalantly, "Just let her wash it for me."

"If I want to help you wash it, Qingnai will grab it." Akiko looked proud.

"Teacher Aonai, I won't wear this dress a second time. Please ask Teacher Akiko to wash it."

"Okay." Koizumi Aona replied with a smile.

"You don't wear it and you make me wash it! Hoo hoo!" Akiko slapped Watanabe Toru on the back several times, leaving a series of flour-covered palm prints.

A young woman in her twenties, she was so strict in class that her students dared not speak, but she was like a little girl in real life.

“…Don’t bully Toru.” Asu Mai used her fingers to pick up a little of the almost whipped cream and smeared it on Akiko’s teacher uniform shirt.

"..." Akiko pinched the small piece in disbelief and looked at Koizumi Aona as if she was about to cry.

Koizumi Aonai didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Wash it quickly, or it won't come off later."

"Wow, wow, wow!" Akiko walked towards the bathroom with tears in her eyes.

After a while, I heard her cry for help from the bathroom: "Help me take down my clothes! I forgot to take them!"

We spent the last two days of summer vacation with laughter and time entered September.

On the first day of school, the weather cooled down a little, with the highest temperature only 29 degrees.

"Good morning, Kiyono-san." On the slope with dancing green cherry leaves, Watanabe Toru took two quick steps and walked side by side with a figure against an infinitely beautiful background.

"Good morning, Watanabe-san." Kiyono Rin nodded slightly.

"Did you see the news this morning?"

"The world is going to end?"

"The world doesn't know, but Tokyo might."

"Meteorite?"

"The super typhoon is on its way, passing by the Kanto region and may even make landfall directly."

Qing Ye Lin disagreed and said without any concern: "September is the peak season for typhoons. Due to the geographical location, there are typhoons in various parts of the island country at this time every year."

"Poor Tokyo people. By the way, remember to prepare food this year so you don't go hungry again."

"Thank you for your concern. You too... I almost forgot that you have moved to Shinano-machi now. You have teachers and seniors there. You won't go hungry no matter where you go."

"Why do I feel like you are mocking me?"

"I'm just mocking you, Watanabe-san."

"I sometimes miss the nights when I ran into you when I went out to buy midnight snacks. I really want to go back to that summer."

Qingye Rin didn't say anything.

The two arrived at the school gate and saw the huge lush oak tree from afar, as well as the men with crew cuts wearing summer uniforms and kneeling in a row at the school gate.

The baseball team manager Yukiko Kobayashi, the only girl, was kneeling at the edge with her head buried. Her face could not be seen clearly, only her red ears revealed her shyness.

"What is this for?" Toru Watanabe asked curiously.

Students who hadn't seen each other for a whole summer gathered at the school gate, chatting with each other, venting their excitement and anticipation for the new semester, while looking at the crew-cut boys in the baseball club.

Qingye Rin showed no interest at all, and walked straight towards the school gate with her schoolbag slung over her shoulder.

"Watanabe!" Kunii Osamu, who was kneeling in the crowd, shouted.

"what?"

Before Toru Watanabe could react, members of the baseball club rushed over.

Because I helped them advance to Koshien, but they only made it to the semi-finals, so they came to apologize?

Or are you here to blame yourself for not appearing in Koshien?

Toru Watanabe stood still, guessing what the baseball club was thinking.

"Come!"

"Together!"

"Just waiting for you!"

"What?" Watanabe Toru was stunned.

The baseball club members, led by Kunii Osamu, carried Watanabe Toru and walked towards the school gate and the wall with the words "Private Kamikawa High School" written on it.

At this time, Kobayashi Yukiko finally raised her head, her red little face, and looked at Watanabe Toru happily.

Qingye Rin stopped and looked at the scene with interest.

"What are you doing?" Watanabe Toru shouted.

"You're also a member of the baseball club!"

"That's right! I still remember Watanabe-san's powerful pitch in the regional finals!"

"And there was a home run that went out to the outfield and shattered the electronic screen!"

"What do you mean?" Watanabe Toru realized something was wrong. "You want me to step down? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I want to quit the organization!"

"How can I let you quit now?"

"Yes, it's not allowed!" Kobayashi Yukiko shouted, clapping her hands with a smile on her face.

"You let me join the club without my permission, right? I protest!" Toru Watanabe twisted his arms and broke free from the group of crew-haired men.

He slung his schoolbag over his shoulder and ran towards the campus.

"Don't let him get away!"

"Come on, Watanabe-kun!"

"Baseball club, chase them!"

There were those who supported Watanabe Toru and those who wanted to see him step down. On the first day of school, there was a commotion in front of the Kamikawa school gate.

There was no way Toru Watanabe could let them catch him.

Apart from his parents who gave birth to him and raised him, only sister Meiji could make him kneel down on the ground.

"Don't even think about passing me!" The physical education teacher on duty spread his arms and blocked the school gate.

"I've already told you, I'm not a member of the baseball club!" Watanabe Toru turned slightly, his schoolbag almost brushing against the physical education teacher's clothes, and slipped into the campus.

"Give up, you can't catch me! Isn't it hot to run so early in the morning?" Toru Watanabe turned around and shouted.

"Kiyono-san!" Yukiko Kobayashi shouted.

How could Kiyono Rin possibly stop Watanabe...

"Hey, Kiyono-san? R-san?" Kiyono Rin had extraordinary reaction ability and stood in front of Watanabe Toru.

Qingye Rin smiled amusedly and moved aside.

"Catch him!" In just a few seconds of hesitation, the baseball team caught up.

Watanabe Toru did not run away, his slender figure stood there.

"Don't chase me!" he said. "I am half a member of the baseball club. I can bow, but I will never get up from my seat."

It's not like he's in the bedroom with sister Miki, so unless Kiyono Rin agrees to let him touch her legs, Watanabe Toru will never get down from his seat.

"If you are from the baseball club, you must get off your seat!"

"That's right!"

"I worked so hard to get you into Koshien, but what happened to you? You still have the nerve to make me give up my seat?"

The baseball team, which had already been sitting out because it did not advance to the Koshien finals, looked hesitant.

"Okay, you bow!"

"That's pretty much it."

Toru Watanabe followed the baseball club back to the school gate.

After walking three steps, Qing Ye Lin said from behind: "Watanabe-san, give me your schoolbag."

Toru Watanabe took the schoolbag off his shoulder and handed it to her directly. Instead of saying thank you, he gave her a sidelong look.

"I agreed to bow because you stopped me! Thank me!"

Qingye Rin ignored his gaze, carrying two schoolbags, and looked at him with a smile.

At the school gate on the first day of school, the baseball team sat at the dogeza, and Toru Watanabe bowed and shouted to all the teachers and students passing by:

"sorry!"

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