Don't you guys dislike me?

Yuichi, holding a big umbrella, stood in the middle as a matter of course. The shadows cast by the two sides of the umbrella easily covered the two petite girls. Under the shade, it felt like they had escaped from the hot hell and returned to the human world.

Chizuru Amemiya stood beside Yuichi. At this time, Kotonoha Katsura lowered her head in panic, not knowing how to start the conversation, let alone taking care of her.

She moved a little closer without leaving any trace, their shoulders vaguely touching, eating secretly when the main person was distracted, was this what she and Yuichi talked about that day, eating some leftovers?

Perhaps it was a coincidence that Chizuru Amemiya happened to be standing on Yuichi's left, so her left hand was free because she didn't need to hold the umbrella.

The plan was going as she had expected. At this moment, as long as Chizuru mustered up her courage and held that big hand, today's mission would be mostly successful.

But she couldn't do it...

She plucked up her courage and reached out, but she grabbed the corner of Youichi's clothes. Even so, the blush on the girl's face had not yet faded away when a bigger red tide surged up.

Chizuru also lowered her head. The temperature of her face might be comparable to that of the floor. I don't know if it was because she was shy or because she was ashamed of her own stupidity.

She was not good at seducing men. Wearing this dress was embarrassing enough, and she had to do such a difficult move, and in front of the main person...

Youichi suddenly felt his clothes become heavy, he lowered his eyes and saw that it was Chizuru who was pulling his clothes, with her head lowered and not saying a word. Seeing that she did not do anything excessive, Youichi did not take her hand away and let her pull.

For some reason, I felt like I was taking my daughters out to the zoo to play, and there were two of them.

The silence under the umbrella did not last long. Perhaps seeing that Yuichi did not pursue her, Chizuru raised her head after a while and talked to the silent Katsura Kotonoha.

In this way, the two girls leaned against the wall where Yuichi occasionally interjected a few words and chatted and laughed. The topics could be animals in cages or gossip in the class. Coming to the zoo was probably just an excuse to chat.

As the sun rose higher, the number of people in the zoo did not decrease and the crowd began to get crowded.

Maybe I spent more time watching people than animals... You thought boredly.

……

At noon, fortunately there were many shops in the zoo, so there were not one or two restaurants that were full.

Youyi and his two companions found a lake-view restaurant next to Swan Lake to eat. Through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, they could see the swans leisurely wandering in the center of the lake, they were fat, white and lazy.

"Look at those swans, they are so lazy, just like our seniors."

Chizuru Amemiya pointed at the group of swans drifting with a playful smile.

"Is...is that so?" Kotonoha said ambiguously.

"Isn't he similar? He usually looks lazy and sleepy, but if someone provokes him, he will turn into a big devil! Super scary! Super fierce!"

Chizuru wrinkled her nose, trying to act fierce and appear a little naive. Suddenly, she paused for a moment, saw Kotonoha's awkward smile, her pretty face froze, and she turned her head away in confusion.

A shadow suddenly fell.

132. I want to take the cable car! I’m afraid of heights!

Yuichi's handsome face suddenly appeared in front of her, his high nose bridge and fair skin were all clearly visible.

So close……

The gorgeous purple eyes under the black hair contained a half-smile and stared at her quietly. Qianhe's heart seemed to tremble at that moment.

She forgot what to say, her eyes slightly widened and reflected Yuichi's appearance, and she did not move for a long time, not knowing whether she was frightened or crazy.

"How dare you speak ill of the Demon King? Aren't you afraid of the Demon King's revenge?"

Before he finished speaking, Youichi straightened his bent back. The gaze just now only lasted for a moment, but to Chizuru it seemed like a long time. His brain went blank for a short time and he forgot to think. The pair of purple eyes had already left.

But she realized later that her heart was beating rapidly, and the sound of it echoing in her ears made her feel uneasy.

"I'll go ask when the food we ordered will be here." After saying this, Youyi went downstairs.

Seeing Yuichi leave and Chizuru Amamiya still not coming back to her senses, Katsura Kotonoha couldn't help but feel a little worried:

"Are you okay, Amamiya-san? Are you scared?"

"It's alright, I'm not that timid."

Chizuru Amemiya glanced at the stairs before looking away. She waved her hands repeatedly to hide her panic.

She placed her hands in front of her heaving chest, feeling that no matter how deep her breaths were, she couldn't calm her heart. Chizuru pursed her lips and lowered her eyes.

"Hey...Amamiya-san."

Katsura Kotonoha called out softly, which brought Amemiya Chizuru out of her strange emotions.

"Um?"

"How's your injury from yesterday?"

Facing Kotonoha Katsura's sincere and worried gaze, Chizuru Amamiya leaned sideways and moved her legs to the side, as if blocking Kotonoha Katsura's sight with her body.

"I'm almost fully recovered now. I can walk normally without any problems."

This subconscious reaction made Gui Yanye's eyebrows fall. The feeling of instinctively wrapping her wounds with wings made her feel somewhat familiar. Seeing that Chizuru was unwilling to explain to her, her expression gradually became serious:

"Amamiya-san, if you encounter any difficulties, remember to tell me." Halfway through the conversation, Kotonoha's attitude softened again: "Aren't we friends?"

What's the use of telling you? Can you help me escape from those scumbags? What a joke! I was obviously the one who was saved by luck. You can't even save yourself, so why should you save me?

The hands on her legs kept clenching, and the thin silk was deformed along with it. The stockings scratched the wound, causing Chizuru to frown, but she quickly let go.

After all, she has to play the role of Katsura Kotonoha's good friend...

"Yes, I will." Chizuru Amamiya smiled sweetly, responding to the so-called friendship.

Footsteps sounded beside her ears. Chizuru Amamiya turned her head and saw Yuichi coming over with a plate of food. She adjusted her sitting position and asked in confusion:

“Does this restaurant require you to pick up your food yourself?”

"No, the store owner said there were too many people today, so they forgot about the food they prepared for us and gave us three extra bottles of cold drinks."

As he spoke, Youichi placed the dinner plate on the table.

……

In the afternoon, the swans by the lake went into the water one after another to avoid the heat on land, and the number of tourists outside the restaurant gradually decreased.

Yuichi and the other two sat at the table, chatting in the air-conditioning in the restaurant. No one wanted to go outside to enjoy the sunshine during the hottest time of the afternoon, except for those office workers who worked diligently and were ordered around by their bosses.

Although most of the chatter was done by Chizuru Amamiya alone, with her influence, Yuichi and Kotonoha Katsura were able to say a few words from time to time, saving Chizuru the embarrassment of having to perform a solo.

The sun's brilliance lasted for a long time, and the heat finally subsided. Yuichi and the other two came out of the restaurant.

The zoo is very big and I couldn’t finish it even after walking around it for an entire afternoon.

"Hoshino-senpai! I want to sit on that!"

Chizuru Amemiya cried out and pointed her finger at the cable car that was moving slowly above her head as if it was walking in the air.

"That's fine. It'll be tiring to keep walking." You nodded.

"Eh... I just wanted to sit here because it was fun, you lazy bastard~"

Yuichi ignored Chizuru's teasing look and looked at Katsura Kotonoha who raised her little face and asked:

"Where's Kotonoha?"

"Well...well, I'm a little tired after walking for so long." The girl nodded with a smile and finished the second half of the sentence with a little thought.

"Hmm...Has Katsura-san also been assimilated by the senior?" Chizuru Amamiya narrowed her eyes and muttered.

……

On the high platform.

"Then Senior and Katsura-san, see you later."

Chizuru Amemiya waved her hands, and the frustration on her pretty face seemed to be painted on, as if it would peel off with a slight wipe.

There were only Yuichi Hoshino and Kotonoha Katsura in the narrow cable car. They sat opposite each other. Without Chizuru Amamiya who served as a lubricant, the subtle friction between the two was clearly visible at this moment. This might be exactly the situation that Chizuru Amamiya wanted to see.

"I really can't stand Amamiya-san. She was the one who asked to sit first, and only said she was afraid of heights after she got on."

Gui Yanye lowered her brows and complained helplessly, her words becoming more hurried, as if she was afraid that the atmosphere in the cable car would become cold.

"Um…"

Both Yuichi and Kotonoha Katsura more or less felt the intention of Chizuru Amamiya's doing this.

But knowing and doing are two different things.

"How are Kotonoha and Amemiya getting along recently?" Youichi noticed the girl's helplessness and took the initiative to bring up the topic.

"Amamiya is a very nice person. I never feel bored when I'm with her. We always have endless things to talk about. Even after class, I don't have to worry about being alone."

Katsura Yanye's expression gradually relaxed, with a faint smile on her pretty face.

"That's good..." Youyi's plain voice became a little softer, and thoughts flowed in his purple eyes.

This caused Gui Yanye to misunderstand, and her big deep purple eyes were filled with anxiety.

"You-chan is also my friend!" The girl opened her pink lips and added: "And the most important one."

You paused, as if surprised by the girl's change of attitude, and asked without explaining:

"I heard that the lunch box fell to the ground yesterday?"

"That... is just because the lunch box was too heavy and I didn't hold it tightly for the moment!" A light red spread across Gui Yanye's snow-white skin and she lowered her head slightly.

"It's not like you to be so careless."

"Because..." The girl raised her eyes, which were as light as rippling water, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Because why?" Yuichi's voice was soft.

Gui Yanye placed her small hands on the hem of her skirt and slowly clenched her fists as if to give herself courage.

"Because of those willful words he said on the train yesterday, I thought You-chan felt uncomfortable after hearing those words and that's why she didn't want to come..."

133. We still have a lot of time...

Spoken out...

Gui Yanye lowered her head and fiddled with her wrinkled skirt. The uneasiness in her heart dissipated a little as she spoke.

"Then do you think I will be angry because of what you said?" Yuichi tilted his head and couldn't see the girl's deeply buried face.

Gui Yanye's eyes moved slightly, "I... I don't know."

"Do you believe me when I say I'm angry?"

Purple eyes held a smile.

She raised her eyes quietly, glanced at it like a dragonfly skimming the water, then retracted her eyes and shook her head.

"That's not right."

Yuichi raised his hand and gently stroked Kaede Kotonoha's lowered head, "Why would I get angry with you over such a small matter? Since we are best friends, we should be more tolerant, right?"

The word "best friend" that she always said had a different meaning when it came out of Youkou's mouth. Gui Yanye felt a sense of disappointment in her heart, as if it was telling her that this was not what she wanted...

Yes... Since we are good friends, we should be more tolerant of each other. Why did I become so stingy and sensitive?

Gui Yanye stroked his chest, not understanding where the inexplicable emotion in his heart came from.

"So what did Yuu-chan mean by those words on the train yesterday? It was as if she was handing me over to Amemiya-san, as if she was saying that since I already have Amemiya-san, I don't need Yuu-chan anymore!"

Her soft voice kept rising, she took the big hand off her head and held it tightly with both hands, as if she didn't want Youyi to leave, her little hands were soft but slightly cold.

"I don't want that! You-chan is my first friend..."

Her hands were placed on her thighs by Gui Yanye. She lowered her head and said softly:

"You were the one who brought the first ray of sunshine into my dark world. Before I met You-chan, my school life was dilapidated and gray. There was no colorful youth as described in the books. All I had was the sarcasm and cold treatment from my classmates day after day. No matter what I did, they would stare at me with cold eyes, then misinterpret my ideas and exaggerate them, as if seeing my embarrassment and my isolation was their greatest pleasure."

"I once thought that what was written in the book was simply the author's fantasy. After all...how can such a school life and such a relationship between classmates give birth to friendships that are worthy of praise? How can such a warm friendship between classmates be fostered?"

"Until... I met you." She paused, as if choking.

"It was Yuu-chan who saved me from those who bullied me and saved me from being ostracized by the class. I even got the nickname of the Big Devil because of it, and the first-year students were afraid to avoid me."

"They don't understand anything. You-chan is so gentle. She always indulges my willfulness and tolerates my sensitive emotions." The girl smiled gently, and as she spoke more, tears in her eyes began to overflow.

"But... I'm also always afraid that you'll stay away from me because of my willful and impulsive personality, just like everyone else. So when I heard what you said yesterday, I thought Yu-chan didn't want to see me either, wanted to push me away, and wanted to leave me... I was so scared..."