Tokyo Love Story

"But, as a small price to pay for keeping quiet, could you please sign for me next Monday, Kitagawa-san?"

See you tomorrow~

Chapter 43 She is curious

The next day, weekend, evening, in the living room of the Kitagawa family.

After eating and drinking her fill, Tsugumi Seina lay down on the single sofa quite naturally, with a look of happiness on her face.

The more she ate at the Beichuan family, the more she was glad that she had made the right decision.

As the saying goes, if you are thick-skinned, you can eat more meat. Fortunately, I made this request with a thick face. If I had been a little thin-skinned, I would have missed the meal with the Kitagawa family.

With her right hand supporting her cheek, Tsugumi Seina slightly adjusted her posture and her eyes fell on the LCD TV in the living room.

Tonight, the Kitagawa family’s TV program is still locked on the urban romance drama that is about to end.

The stomach-churning plot shows no sign of ending. The male protagonist is still wavering between the two female protagonists. The war between the Sky-drop system and the childhood sweethearts is not over yet, and it even seems to be getting more intense. The more you watch, the more confused you feel.

On the screen, the male protagonist and his childhood sweetheart sent Tianjiangxi to the airport. The latter was about to leave Japan to pursue his future. In front of the security check, Tianjiangxi said goodbye to the male protagonist, but she could no longer suppress the burning emotions in her heart and gave the male protagonist a farewell kiss in front of her childhood sweetheart.

As the instrumental version of the TV series' interlude gradually sounded, the atmosphere was pushed to a climax.

As a result, those who are entangled become more entangled, and those who have stomachaches become more stomachaches.

hiss.

Tsugumi Seina couldn't help but frown, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable and panicked in her heart.

From her personal point of view, she prefers the role of the one who falls from heaven.

Although Sky-drop and the male protagonist only knew each other in high school, they have experienced many things together and left countless precious memories. Even now, she has to leave Japan and go across the ocean to further her studies, and is forced to give up her relationship with the male protagonist.

But go to hell!

After cursing and complaining in her heart, she shook her head, retracted her gaze, and turned to look at Beichuan Che who was sitting on the sofa with a calm look.

Just now while they were eating, she wanted to ask him how his date on Saturday went, but because Miao's food tasted so good, she didn't have time to ask.

At this point in time, it looks okay.

"Speaking of which, Che, how was your date on Saturday?"

Tsugumi Seina considered her words for a moment before speaking, breaking the silence in the living room.

After the words fell, Ejima Miao quietly pricked up her ears and focused her attention on the side. For her, the plot of the TV series certainly attracted her, but it was more important to understand the progress of her young master and Miss Rinone.

"Just proceed as normal. At least there won't be any dull moments."

When this was mentioned, the expression on Beichuan Che's face relaxed a lot.

Before this date, he was a little worried—he was afraid that he and Kitaen Rin wouldn't be able to chat. But for the rest, he wasn't too worried.

After all, if you just want to cope with the process, going out on a date with someone is not a difficult thing, even if you are a stranger, it doesn’t matter much, especially after arranging the itinerary for the day in advance, just follow the instructions.

However, if both of them remain silent during this process, it would be very difficult to endure. "Silence is golden" does not apply at this time, and it will only make people feel like they are living a year in a day and sitting on pins and needles.

"Is there no other progress?" Tsugumi Seina blinked, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, outlining an ambiguous smile, "For example, holding hands, kissing, etc."

Such interactions between couples are very common in Shirakawa High School, and she has seen it many times, but she is still looking forward to seeing Kitagawa Che's expression and state when he does this.

"The friendship between her and me is pure and innocent."

Beichuan Che rolled his eyes at this man. He was fine when he was in school, but in private, this man had let himself go. He didn't seem like a teacher, but more like a girl who didn't care about her appearance at home.

"Come on, generally speaking, people who say this must have something to hide." Tsugumi Seina raised her eyebrows and did not believe what Kitagawa Che said.

Last year, when she was teaching modern Chinese to Shiori Kashiwagen's class, she also served as the class's psychological counselor. At that time, a petite, seemingly fragile girl came to her for advice on her relationship problems.

At the beginning, the very young girl was a little embarrassed and used the classic sentence pattern of "I have a friend". Later, as they became closer, they kept saying "pure friendship between a man and a woman" and "He and I are just friends".

Later on, the other person really integrated into the life of the boy she liked as a "friend".

After a while, when the time was right, she, who looked small and soft, burst out with amazing courage, seized the opportunity, confessed her feelings in one fell swoop, and won the boy she liked directly, showing her decisiveness and no hesitation.

And she has seen too many such "friend" relationships.

Kitagawa Che did not argue, but just gave Tsuchiya Seina a slightly helpless look.

This is how it is these days. If you tell the truth, no one will believe you. If you tell a lie, everyone will be skeptical, which makes it seem outrageous.

What magical realism?

"Shirakawa High School doesn't object to students dating. You've seen it before. When we went to see the principal that day, those couples holding hands in the playground didn't even let go when I passed by."

Tsugumi Seirina shrugged her shoulders and acted as if she was sad that you had hidden it from me and your feelings had faded.

"I can't make something up out of nothing. I just think what I think."

Beichuan Che shook his head.

"Tsk." Tsugumi Serina pursed her lips in a rather childish manner.

However, her emotions always came and went quickly. After pondering for a moment, she changed the subject and mentioned another matter in a relatively serious manner, "Ah Che, Miao, after next Monday, it will be the first month of school."

"You mean, the monthly exam?"

Kitagawa Che quickly understood what Tsuchiya Serina meant.

Before Tsuchiya Seina brought up this matter, he had already calculated the time and was still wondering in his heart how to arrange the time for this monthly exam.

"It's the monthly exam. Tomorrow, which is next Monday, I will announce it during the morning meeting." Tsugumi Seina nodded slightly, "The first official monthly exam will begin on the Monday of the week after next."

At this point, Tsuchiya paused and said, "The scope and content of the exam are the knowledge points we have learned in this month. This exam is relatively important and will directly affect the allocation of a series of subsequent school resources, such as scholarships."

When she heard the word "scholarship", a light lit up in the eyes of Ejima Myo who was listening.

Although all the expenses of the Beichuan family are now borne by the young master, she still wants to do her part.

Ejima Tadashi stopped being silent and asked directly, "How much is this scholarship? How can I get it?"

"The top ten students in the grade will all get a share. The first place will get 100,000 yen, the second place will get 50,000 yen, the third place will get 30,000 yen, and the rest will get 10,000 yen."

Tsugumi Serina answered subconsciously, then she was stunned for a moment when she reacted and looked at Ejima Tadashi with some surprise.

So while others are groaning when they hear about the exam, you are looking forward to it, right?! ?

Oh!

Suddenly, Tsugumi Seina remembered that this girl was admitted to the school free of tuition and her grades were quite excellent.

If you think about it this way, it’s no wonder.

Well, Ah Che, you always...

Tsugumi Seina turned her head, and what was reflected in her eyes was Kitagawa Che, whose expression had not changed and who was still calm and composed?

She was silent for a moment, and for no reason she felt a sense of distance.

When she was studying at Fujiwara Private Academy, her head would start to hurt whenever she heard the word "monthly exam". There were many people like her. In other words, most students would groan when they heard about exams.

But the current situation seems to be quite different from what she remembered.

"Forget about Miao, but aren't you panicking, Che?"

She asked in a somewhat incomprehensible way.

"It's just an exam."

Beichuan Che had a calm expression on his face. He had passed so many exams before traveling through time, so how could he be afraid of this now?

What's more, he also needs such an exam to verify some things. As a social animal who hasn't studied for a long time, what can he achieve after the intensive tutoring during this period and with the help of the learning panel?

Well, you two are noble, you two are amazing!

Tsugumi Seirina closed her mouth and chose to remain silent.

good morning everyone.

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I'm still asking for a ticket today~

Chapter 44 It’s as sweet as sugar

For Tsugumi Serina, the only thing that could make her feel a little comforted was probably the reaction of most students in Class A of Grade 1 when she announced the monthly exam next week.

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This made her feel a little more balanced.

When she was a student, she was not the only one who whined about exams. The real oddballs were Kitagawa Tetsu, Ejima Tadashi, and Kitaen Rin. There was no student who could remain calm about exams and even look forward to them.

The same scene also occurred in other classes of Shirakawa High School. However, compared to the freshmen, the reactions of the sophomores and juniors were relatively smaller. The main point was that they had already gotten used to it.

Faced with this news that seemed like a death warrant, the students complained but their efforts to review quickened.

For the students of Shirakawa High School, except for those who plan to participate in club activities and use this path as a pathway to further study, most students still have to focus on exams, which are closely related to their further study and are also the best way to find out what they are lacking and where they are not good enough.

Normally, everyone can laugh and joke with each other.

But in exams, no one wants their scores to lag far behind those of their classmates. On the contrary, everyone hopes to score higher than most of their classmates.

With this thought in mind, the learning atmosphere at Shirakawa High School suddenly became more intense and compact.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was the day of the monthly exam.

As this was the first monthly exam since the start of the school year at Shirakawa High School, everyone from the principal to the subject teachers in each class paid great attention to this exam. Students from each class were divided into different grades and assigned random exam numbers to different examination rooms.

Sitting in the examination room of Class C of Grade 12, Beichuan Che lowered his head and started working on the biology test paper in front of him.

He had heard such a joke before. For most people, the peak of knowledge they acquire in their lifetime is probably in the entire year of high school, which means they know everything about astronomy and geography, can do math, and can recite ancient Chinese texts.

After entering university, most people start to slack off, and then when they enter society, the knowledge they learned in school, if not used in work, is basically returned to the teacher.

Compared to the biology he learned in high school before he traveled through time, the biology class in Japan was much more obscure. It didn’t mean that the knowledge was obscure, but that some of the terms were obscure. He even had to use a dictionary from time to time during class.

If you can't remember those professional terms, you won't be able to pass even the first basic hurdle, and you will have to grit your teeth and choose random answers in the exam.

But with the help of his extensive knowledge and strong memory, he did not have such worries.

With the help of this skill, many obscure and even more difficult to remember nouns in the biology textbook were like being copied into his brain one-to-one. As long as he saw the relevant vocabulary on the test paper, he could clearly remember what the original sentence in the book was.

He had a good grasp of the subject, and with these two factors combined, he found this not-an-easy test paper extremely easy to finish. Be it basic questions or difficult ones, none of them posed any obstacle to him, just like the German Maginot Line, which he easily crossed.

He also experienced what it felt like when he saw the question, the answer automatically popped up in his mind.

After writing furiously and using less than half of the allotted exam time, Beichuan Che stopped writing and chose to raise his hand to hand in the paper early.

Shirakawa High School is quite humane in this regard. If you have finished writing the test paper in advance, you can raise your hand and hand it in. You don't have to stay in the classroom for the entire exam time before leaving.

As luck would have it, the invigilator was the biology teacher of Class A in Grade 1.

The older female teacher looked at Beichuan Che with some surprise, and did not rush to collect the papers. Instead, she glanced at his answers first, then waved at him with surprise on her face, indicating that he could leave.

The same scene also happened in the classrooms of Class A of Grade 2 and Class D of Grade 1.

After walking out of the examination room, Beichuan Che looked at the time on his watch. He did not rush downstairs to wait outside the classroom of Class A of Grade 1. Instead, he walked to the outdoor playground and found a bench to sit down.

The entire Shirakawa High School is taking exams at this moment, and the playground is empty.

The weather this afternoon was not very good. It was cloudy and the sun was hiding behind the thick clouds.

Looking up, Beichuan Che narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the bright but sunless sky, his thoughts gradually stretched out.

Miao's grandmother was discharged from the hospital this Tuesday.

The operation was very successful, and the small probability of complications mentioned by the doctor did not occur.

During these six months, the doctor advised her not to do any heavy physical work and to rest as much as possible.

Originally Miao's grandmother was very resistant to this, but Miao's firm attitude persuaded her.

He also gave her some living expenses in the name of thanking Grandma Fengzi for helping them, but she refused without hesitation, saying that she could support herself and he would keep the money and just treat him and Miao better.

Unable to persuade this stubborn old man, he could only nod and agree.

Apart from this incident, after that date, Kitayuan Rinyin's relationship with him improved a lot. During breaks, she would occasionally take the initiative to talk to him and chat with him.

There was only one thing that still made him feel helpless.

Kashiwagen Shiori continued to do her own thing. This girl had no intention of stopping and would come to visit Class A of Grade 1 from time to time.

Everyone was surprised at first, but later, classmates started to tease him - you're here to look for Beichuan again, come in, he's right there.