Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

This partly reflects Toyokawa Shoko's trust in Zheli, believing that Zheli will not spread the news. On the other hand, it also symbolizes that she is still deeply afraid that once everyone in CRYCHIC knows her vulnerability and says something to her... she will no longer be able to maintain her current strong shell.

After all, compared to the simply trustworthy coffee shop manager, these partners who once entrusted their fate to each other may be the ones who touch the more "real" side of her heart.

"At least, you can find some comfort in this."

It wasn't that she despised them, nor was she deceiving everyone from the beginning. She did have her own reasons, and she was determined to carry them out...even if it might not be something everyone could accept.

Su Shi felt Zhe Li's breath so close to her and blinked.

"So, does Zheli need us to do anything?"

“——…….”

Zheli paused, then pulled his body back to the counter, smiled and shook his head: "No. Since she doesn't intend to tell you, then I shouldn't discuss anything with you. This is out of respect for Fengchuan-san."

"After the group training begins, please pretend that you haven't heard anything," he said.

If it were just a quarrel between children, it would be fine.

However, it is the adults' job to deal with those parents who cannot even let their children have a peaceful childhood.

...Alas, but it is a family matter after all, what should I do?

"Zheli..."

The girl stared at the smile that showed a hint of sadness.

But the man dispelled the only gloom with an even brighter smile.

"—It's okay. Don't worry."

"I'm not someone who will be defeated so easily."

Chapter 115 of Lost Star, Summer Time Record: Chapter : Does the world still praise silence?

It’s a new week again.

In two weeks, Shoko Toyokawa will be able to say goodbye to this school completely.

She had to admit that she was still not mature enough, because just thinking about it made her pace feel much lighter than before.

Ding ding dong dong, the bell for the end of get out of class rang throughout the campus.

Xiangzi closed his textbook and subconsciously looked up at the podium.

Just like Bao Dengzeli's last words last Saturday, even after Toyokawa Shoko "said everything he wanted to say", he still stayed in Yue No Mori as a trainee teacher. He was indeed just playing that role and did not treat Toyokawa Shoko specially. He just "stayed here", which was the same as his promise.

Toyokawa Shoko didn't understand.

Even though I was so mean to him, why was he still so enthusiastic about this?

"Let me be your hero this time."

"..."

Really, like an idiot.

She closed her eyes and sighed silently.

Baodeng Zheli seemed to smile at her, or maybe that person was just showing useless kindness to the whole class, and then he didn't say anything more and walked out of the classroom.

After just less than a week of getting along, even though Xiangzi was reluctant to pay too much attention to Zhe Li, he could feel the deep gap between his classmates and this parachuted-in male teacher. And Zhe Li himself, who was actually standing on the stage receiving all the attention, must have seen it even more clearly.

"Their world" has always been so cruel.

Shoko Toyokawa, who has been living in this world since she became conscious, once thought she had become numb, but now when she knows that she will be able to temporarily escape from this world in two weeks, she still finds it difficult to suppress the excitement in her heart.

Because this feeling of oppression is so deeply rooted in people's hearts.

And that man never showed even a moment of discouragement.

"..."

On Saturday, when he was about to escape, Xiangzi didn't dare to think too much about it.

She was afraid that the psychological defense she had spent so much time building up would fall apart in just a few words from that man. But when she returned to her "new home" and looked at the room that was so narrow that it only took two steps to walk through, she couldn't help but recall that conversation.

Or, start recalling the "story of the villain".

"————No matter how many times, I will be here, holding out my hand to you."

Obviously, I can't get anything.

Obviously no one asked anything from him.

Xiangzi, very concerned——

What kind of despair have we experienced, and what kind of new life have we gained.

What makes that person so "stupid"?

……

During lunch break, Shoko Toyokawa gradually got used to wandering around the campus alone.

If I were the ignorant young lady in the past, I would probably prefer staying in the classroom, communicating with classmates, and experiencing a "different life".

But now Xiangzi no longer has the energy to study their words.

When the pressing future looms large before our eyes, it can feel like this, and we can't even devote ourselves to dealing with the things in front of us.

After shedding the surname "Fengchuan" out of a momentary willfulness, she discovered that she was far weaker than she had initially imagined: the skills of observing people's expressions, speaking, and etiquette that she had studied to the extreme in the past, those skills that she thought would benefit her throughout her life, could only serve as a tool for bluffing in the face of drastic changes in the environment.

"call."

Applying for scholarships, arranging studies, finding a job in advance... These issues that she once thought she would never have to worry about in her life have now become the things that consume her most energy.

If anything, they are not difficult or complicated.

After all, even if there is no one around to guide her, she can learn step by step just by connecting to the Internet.

She just feels powerless sometimes.

Even the simplest things would freeze in her tracks if she slowed down, if she took a break.

It had to be done, it had to be done quickly, it had to be done before it piled up into a huge nuisance—

This sense of oppression even transcended her peers and the interpersonal relationships that she had once thought were the most difficult.

If life in the Toyokawa family is described as having an endless stream of tasks stuffed into her schedule, it makes it difficult for her to find some time to breathe.

So after leaving the Toyokawa family, she would have to fill her schedule with tasks and use up all the time she had to breathe.

In the past, she could bury her dissatisfaction deep in her heart, thinking that she could vent her anger when she grew up.

Now, does that mean she should hate herself?

"..."

The girl raised her head in the garden.

These days, she used her short lunch break to visit every place she had been to.

She thought, at least she should remember the place where she had stayed for more than two years before leaving.

But in reality, after going there again and again, I didn’t feel any nostalgia at all.

This once familiar campus scene is quietly fading in my memory.

She thought this was a good thing. She shouldn't continue to cling to this world she didn't like...

"——Xiaoxiang."

In a remote corner of the campus, there was a voice that was more familiar than the scenery.

Xiangzi turned his head and saw a young girl approaching from the edge of the pavilion with the same familiar smile in the falling sunlight.

"...Nagasaki-san."

It was Nagasaki Suyo.

Xiangzi lowered his eyes with an expressionless face, as if he was looking at her, or as if he was just taking in the scenery.

"Isn't your CRYCHIC having a LIVE this week? How come you still have time to intercept me on campus?"

Su Shi didn't know if it was an illusion, but she always felt that Xiangzi emphasized the word "you".

She sighed softly in her heart, with the smile on her face unchanged, only there was a hint of worry in her eyes that held the sky.

"No matter what, I want to have a good talk with Xiaoxiang again... Are you free today? Or if it's really not convenient now, it's okay, we can make an appointment at another time."

And Xiangzi sighed deeply.

"During our earlier conversation with the store manager, I think he specifically told you that I didn't want anyone to overhear, right?"

Su Shi was stunned, "This..."

In the past, CRYCHIC would hold group practice all afternoon on Saturdays when it was closed. Xiangzi took up some of that time and asked the store manager to turn away other visitors. This in itself was a signal to CRYCHIC: "I have nothing to say to you."

Nagasaki Suyo couldn't have failed to hear it. She knew it, yet she remained the same.

...Life is really easy.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter."

Xiangzi clenched his fists, but a smile broke out on his face:

"If you want to talk, then let's talk now. And please keep it short."

……

Baodeng Zheli raised his head.

In a residential area far away from the main roads and stations, with no department stores and even sparsely distributed retail stores, the apartment building he saw before him could be considered a particularly old building.

Even though he was in the prosperous metropolitan area of Tokyo, Zheli knew that not every corner was glamorous.

But when he took advantage of the lunch break in Moon Forest, quietly ran out of the campus, and actually followed the pre-marked "traces" to come here, he still couldn't stop the surprise that surged in his heart.

"...Toyokawa-san is living here now?"

Lost Star Chapter 116 Summer Time Record: Chapter is not explosive enough

There is no doubt that Shoko Toyokawa is a young lady who has been pampered since childhood.

From her words and behavior, it was clear how complicated and strict the etiquette education that girl had received was, which enabled her to turn these "rules" that the ancients had summarized for a long time and put into social activities into her own instinct.

Can a young lady like that really adapt to such a living environment?

Zheli did not look down on Toyokawa Shoko's willpower. But this is human nature——

Accustomed to the fresh air in a spacious space, the respiratory tract will find it difficult to adapt to the slow-flowing and dusty air; the skin that was carefully cared for in the past will be so itchy that it will be a small matter if it is suddenly deprived of skin care products and abundant sunlight.

Besides that, perhaps they will be forced to do the tedious housework that is usually left to servants?

Just by looking at the mottled exterior of this building, Zhe Li could imagine a girl living a difficult life alone in a small space.

No. And her father.

[Whether as a father, husband, son or just a businessman, he is a huge failure]

"..."

Although he downplayed it, Zheli could still easily hear Xiangzi's dissatisfaction with his father from his words.

Bao Deng Zheli's experience of reading various animations and TV dramas allowed him to imagine a plot that covers many elements such as business wars, family feuds, and love affairs just by hearing this sentence.

However, it is not Zheli's style to make conclusions about things he does not understand.

He walked forward to the intercom next to the gate, raised his hand and pressed a button.

"Zizizizi..." The old doorbell rang. Even the doorbell sounded very consistent with Zheli's stereotype.

Zhe Li waited at the gate for a long time before a lazy voice came vaguely from the inferior intercom: "Who is it?"

NHK toll collector: If I say that, will I be fired immediately?

He thought about some insignificant things to calm himself down, and smiled faintly into the intercom:

"Hello! Are you the parent of Toyokawa Shoko?"

“…….” The other end suddenly became quiet.

Without waiting for a response, Zhe Li continued, "Mr. Fengchuan has been acting strangely at school lately. Out of concern, I made a surprise home visit. Could you spare some time so I can come upstairs and discuss this in detail?"