Don't you guys dislike me?

"You will know." Yuichi grinned: "Maybe you are not the only one who will know."

"Tsk, Riddler, get out of Hane High School!"

……

……

When school was over in the afternoon, Gui Yanye waited until there were fewer students in the classroom and the corridor before leaving the classroom.

The rosy glow swept across the clear blue sky like a wave, dyeing the falling sunlight a golden red hue.

At this time, Kaede Kotonoha walked into the next class carrying her schoolbag. The tables and chairs in the empty classroom were crooked. There was no student on duty to clean up the mess. Only Chizuru Amamiya was slowly pushing the tables and chairs into order.

The girl was abandoned just like these tables and chairs. As members of the same kind, they comforted each other, and their existence was only highlighted when there was no one around.

The gorgeous and dazzling rays of light passed through the fluttering door curtain and fell on the girl. It should have been like a spotlight on a stage, but why did it reflect on her body so lonely?

Kotonoha was a little surprised. She remembered that Chizuru Amemiya was not on duty today.

137. All of this is my own free will

In order to make it convenient for students to check their duty time, a table is posted on the back blackboard. This is a common practice in almost every class at Hane High School.

Katsura Kotonoha turned her head and saw that the names of Murakami Aiko, Kiyomiya Aoi and Hojo Saki were clearly written on the Monday duty roster, but Amemiya Chizuru's name was missing.

"Gui-san?"

Chizuru Amamiya lacked the playfulness that she had when Yuichi was present. Her voice was still pleasant but with a hint of fatigue and surprise.

Gui Yanye smiled softly, hiding her inner confusion, and asked:

"Is Amamiya the only one here? Where are the others on duty?"

Hearing this, Amamiya Chizuru continued to arrange the tables and chairs, seemingly not caring at all:

"They left early because of something, so they asked me to help them today."

"Are you the only one left with this?"

Gui Yanye was slightly stunned. Only one person was asked to do the workload of three people? This was too much of a bullying!

"Well... who told me to be the monitor?"

In the sunset glow, she wanted to smile more handsomely, but she just couldn't draw a complete smile.

Katsura Kotonoha silently memorized the names of the three people in her heart, and without touching Chizuru's scar again, she smiled and suggested:

"Let me help you line up."

"No need... I did this voluntarily... It has nothing to do with Katsura-san."

Chizuru Amamiya waved her hands, unwilling to let her friend bear the consequences of her cowardice. The more Kotonoha Katsura cared about her, the more she felt bad...

"Why is it okay? I want to go back with Amamiya-san. How long are you going to finish it by yourself? Besides, two people will always be faster than one person."

Chizuru Amemiya was unable to refuse Kotonoha Katsura because she had already started sweeping the floor on her own. Chizuru felt a wave of sadness in her heart, questioning her conscience.

"Thanks……"

……

With the joining of Katsura Kotonoha, Chizuru Amemiya became more motivated. It seemed that only by taking over all the work and doing it herself could she temporarily forget her wandering thoughts. She also didn't want Katsura Kotonoha to get tired.

The duty was quickly completed. Amamiya Chizuru tugged at her half-wet shirt, trying to get rid of Katsura Kotonoha:

"Okay, you've helped me, go back now, I still have some homework to do."

Her tone was as cold as possible, not wanting Gui Yanye to interfere in her affairs anymore, but she also revealed a hint of helplessness. After all, she still had to maintain a relationship with Gui Yanye.

"Doing homework for others again?"

Chizuru Amamiya never thought that Kotonoha Katsura would simply ignore her deliberate coldness, and her big eyes as clear as a mirror reflected her hypocritical appearance.

Chizuru was startled by Katsura Kotonoha's serious expression and took a half step back. Her coldness also dissipated, revealing her softness and even weakness:

"Um……"

"Do we need to check the book registration form today as well?" Gui Yanye approached step by step.

"Hmm..." Qian He's voice shrank and became smaller and smaller. She defended herself weakly:

"Because I'm the class monitor..."

"Let's do it together?" Gui Yanye simply ignored her explanation.

"Eh——?" Chizuru Amamiya didn't dare to look directly into those eyes. They were too close and too clear. It seemed that if she touched them, they would be polluted. It seemed that if she looked at them, her mind would be read. She turned her head away:

"I am enough on my own, there is really no need to trouble you."

After all, her refusal seemed to consist of only these few words, and she was so short of words that she was dazed. After all... few people were willing to help her, and she had no experience of refusing help.

The heart that was so cold that it was almost cold and had lost its temperature suddenly felt the warmth, which was hot and sincere.

"Didn't I tell you that I should go home with Amamiya-san? If we do it together, we can finish it quickly."

Having not received Yuichi's LINE message yet, Katsura Kotonoha continued to pester Chizuru Amamiya. Of course, she also wanted to help her class monitor who took all the work on herself.

"Why... are you so insistent on going home with me? Our homes are not in the same direction..."

Chizuru Amamiya clenched her fists, extremely confused.

"Because You-chan has to go work, and I don't have any friends other than him and you. I'm free at home anyway, so I might as well come and help you."

Katsura Kotonoha smiled softly, and the loneliness that she herself was not aware of was engraved in her gentle voice, but Amemiya Chizuru, who was in a similar situation to her, heard it deeply.

Chizuru keenly smelled a scent that was almost similar to her own, but ultimately couldn't refuse her.

As dusk deepened, the sunset glow was tinged with twilight, and the classroom became darker without anyone noticing.

Kotonoha Katsura failed to help Chizuru Amemiya copy her homework as she wished, and she didn't even have the chance to see her name marked on the exercise book. Chizuru only gave her some simple tasks.

Chizuru still protects her secret very well, which she thinks is a kind of protection for Kotonoha Katsura.

As dusk was approaching, Katsura Kotonoha had not received Yuichi's LINE message yet, and she couldn't help feeling a little anxious. She pursed her lips and was about to speak when she felt the vibration of the phone in her school uniform pocket.

"What's wrong?"

Katsura Kotonoha's strange behavior aroused Chizuru Amamiya's already uneasy heart, and ripples arose. She thought that the work she assigned to her was still too much, and hurriedly said:

"If you can't finish it, just stay here. I'll continue writing when I get home in the evening."

But Gui Yanye, who had been hanging her head, suddenly raised her head, and the light reflected on her pretty face flashed by.

"Amamiya-san..."

She looked a little embarrassed, as if the words she was about to say were difficult to say. She rested her hands on her thighs, and a faint blush was faintly visible on her cheeks hidden by the darkness.

"Can you go to the bathroom with me... I'm a little afraid of the dark..."

"Well, I'll go with you."

For some reason, as the sky got darker, Chizuru Amamiya's eyes also dimmed, as if her courage was swallowed up by the thick twilight.

There was a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

The two girls walked out from the back of the classroom side by side. At this time, there were almost no students in the dim corridor. Occasionally, they were seen in groups of three or four, running home in a hurry after participating in club activities.

The back door of the classroom had just closed, and the front door was opened the next moment, and Hoshino Yuichi, who had been standing outside the classroom for a long time, walked in.

He walked towards the desk with a clear purpose and started to search the side where Chizuru Amamiya was sitting. There were only a few documents on the desk that were not clear. Did Chizuru Amamiya even hide the homework when she went to the toilet?

This is too much caution...

The desk drawer was empty, so the exercise book could only be in her schoolbag. Without hesitation, Youyi unzipped the bag and started searching in the densely packed but neatly arranged schoolbag.

Soon, he found four math exercise books placed in the corner. Before he had time to read the contents, Youyi heard approaching footsteps.

As if to remind Yuichi, Katsura Kotonoha's voice was startled and particularly loud in the quiet campus.

He glanced at the cover of the topmost book, which read:

——Aiko Murakami.

138. Murakami Aiko's disguise, the bullying she dared not resist

After seeing this name, Youyi's eyes widened involuntarily, but there was no time left for him to be surprised.

Yuichi quickly put the exercise book back into Chizuru Amamiya's school bag, zipped it up, and left through the front door.

Hoshino Yuichi was thinking quietly, walking slowly in the corridor, his footsteps very light in line with the silence of the campus, and walking into the darkness.

“Are there still students at this late hour?”

Chizuru Amemiya leaned forward and saw that figure seemed familiar, but it was swallowed up by the darkness and only a vague outline remained.

"He probably forgot something and ran back to get it."

Katsura Kotonoha immediately dispelled Chizuru's further thoughts and asked, "It's so late, Amamiya-san, do you still want to continue writing?"

She shook her head: "Write it when you get back. Go home first tonight."

"Uh-huh."

……

Yuichi Hoshino did not leave the school. He stopped at the stairs, looking at the emergency exit with a creepy green light, lost in thought.

……

Just after school, Youichi called the store manager to ask for leave. Since he had nothing to do, he went to the library first, hoping that he could meet the librarian who pushed the work to Amemiya.

When he went there, there were quite a few students sitting in the library reading books, but it didn't feel noisy even though there were many people.

Youyi picked up a book and walked towards the registration desk. Sitting at the registration desk was a spectacled girl with a ponytail. She had a pretty face and sat there quietly, giving off the vibe of an artistic girl.

The bespectacled woman took Yuichi's book and library card, and scanned the barcodes of the book and the library card on the device to complete the registration:

"Senior Hoshino, the book you borrowed is Kanae Minato's Confessions, right?"

"Ah."

Yuichi took the book and was about to leave when the girl with eyes suddenly knocked on the form on the table and said, "Please register your name and the book you want to borrow in the corresponding position on the form."

"Hasn't it been entered into the computer?" Youyi asked.

"Senior Hoshino, is this your first time borrowing books? The library needs to register the borrowers and books one by one for record. I will have to make another copy for the teacher in charge later."

The girl with the eyes patiently explained to Youyi, and suddenly her peaceful voice rose, turning into a youthful and charming tone, which was somewhat pretentious:

"Excuse me~ Hoshino-kun."

The quiet feeling was destroyed in an instant. She was wearing such a simple outfit but acting in such a disgusting and seductive manner, just like chili sauce wrapped in milk, so out of place.

She looks just like the schoolgirls played by prostitutes in the red-light district. It's nice to have a sense of fun, but it makes people feel uncomfortable to see her in a library.

The eyes could not refuse this dark dish. Yu swallowed it without changing his expression. The corner of his eye twitched slightly, and he said with concern without showing any expression:

"It must be hard for you to do all this extra work every day, right?"

The girl with the eyes shrugged her face and stared at the handsome boy in front of her. The boy, who had a completely different temperament from Hayato Hayama, blinked pitifully, like an expired gummy:

"Of course. I have to hand in the registration form to the teacher in charge of the library early in the morning. I often come earlier than the students on duty."

She didn't get to eat Hayato Hayama, so it's not impossible to change to a better one...

"And my name is Murakami Aiko. I don't like my last name very much, so if it's okay, please call me Aiko."

She seems to be particularly skilled in small moves to seduce the opposite sex. Although it is possible that some of her moves are too forceful, her smiles and frowns are probably irresistible to most young boys who are just beginning to fall in love, right?

"Sorry... I'm not used to calling people by their first names when I meet them for the first time." Yuichi shrugged and prepared to leave.

"It doesn't matter, just follow what Hoshino-kun likes."

She was so considerate, as if she had just said that she didn't like her last name simply to get Youichi to call her by her name.

……

Yuichi pulled his thoughts back.