Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

I clearly thought you were special.

I clearly thought that at least you wouldn't put me on the "track" like them.

"And what does this mean now?"

It seemed as if tears would flow at the next moment.

The girl, with a fragile expression, desperately suppressed her emotions, letting her voice, which should have been gentle, fall silent like ashes. Her gnashing teeth made her look slightly ferocious, yet as frail as a kitten without shelter. Hiding her inner anxiety, she bared her fangs and claws at the terrifying monster.

That look——

It was so pitiful, like being drenched and wounded in the slashing rain.

"..."

Baodengzheli relaxed his furrowed brow in silence.

He was as quiet and peaceful as ever, gazing deeply into the girl's eyes.

"Because, I suppose."

"…………what?"

My brain seemed to stop functioning at this moment.

The man in front of him hugged the teaching materials, tilted his head slightly, but his expression was calm and matter-of-fact.

"Because I want to help you."

"Because I think you need help."

"Because Su Shi is worried about you. Because I like to see everyone smile."

"Because I hate the look on your face right now."

Even if no one expects me to be, I am still a "hero of one person".

So even if the raised hand has been buried deep in the darkness, it will still hold up the light to dig you out.

"So here I am."

He stared straight into Toyokawa Shoko's eyes.

——There was a crystal light swirling in those amber pupils, vaguely reflecting the sunny day of midsummer.

"As long as you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask. ... I didn't lie. This sentence still holds true today."

Baodeng Zheli lowered his eyes slightly, paused for a moment, and then spoke again to the girl's face, which seemed to be frozen in time: "But, at least, when you want to say it, even if it's just a sudden moment——"

"I'm right here. Next to you."

"...Okay. Even if I'm not by your side, at least I'll be in Nascita."

"As long as you are willing to talk, I am willing to listen. You can come to me anytime."

He gave Toyokawa Shoko a faint smile.

"I just came here to convey this matter."

"————."

The girl was speechless for a moment.

She just stared blankly at the other person who nodded to her as if to say goodbye, then walked away in the direction she came from.

The girl waited until the footsteps began to fade before she turned around belatedly.

"Oh, right, Toyokawa-san."

The afternoon sun shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows, completely clearing away the shadows.

The man suddenly turned around in this overly bright corridor; his face, which was originally without any shadow, was as bright as the sun that broke through the rain that day, peeking out from outside the eaves that were still dripping with rain, into his own world.

He looked here with a smile on his face.

"See you tomorrow."

Say it softly.

Lost Star Chapter 106 Summer Time Record: Chapter Teacher and Student

"..."

Nagasaki Suyo puffed out her cheeks.

Like a pufferfish without spines, the girl pouted, her face puffed up, her eyebrows raised, and she glared at Baodeng Zheli fiercely. She looked rather adorable, huddled against the counter with only half her face visible. It was that look of "I'm really unhappy right now, touch me!" that made Zheli reluctant to reach out.

The store manager is carrying out preparations for opening the store as usual.

The shop opened a little later than usual today. When he returned to the cafe from Tsuki no Mori, he saw Nagasaki Suyo and Wakaba Mutsu waiting inside. He greeted them and walked to the counter, where he found the utensils he usually used carefully arranged on the workbench.

He completed the task without much effort, but the price he paid was being stared at strangely by Nagasaki Suyo.

Before he was about to walk to the door and turn the sign to "OPEN", Zhe Li finally stopped remaining silent and asked Su Shi with a smile, "Little Su Shi, what's wrong? Who made you angry again?"

Su Shi let go of her little hands that were clinging to the edge of the counter, raised her toes slightly, turned her chair, hugged her chest and looked at him quietly.

"Why are you back so late?"

Zhe Li still had a smile on his face, but he frowned, his tone confused.

"I don't remember signing the marriage application."

"...!?"

Su Shicai was choked by these words, and his aggressive attitude almost collapsed on the spot.

She tried her best to maintain her original posture, raised her head and took a closer look, and indeed she saw the faint smile in the man's eyes.

He opened his mouth to reply, but then felt something was wrong, so he wrinkled his nose and snorted, "Don't change the subject!"

"Just kidding. But you should know why I came back late."

Zhe Li walked out of the counter and did not go to the door. Instead, he leaned towards Su Shi and pinched her ear while she was looking at him anxiously.

It was clearly a familiar temperature and touch, but it felt like the first time it touched my ears.

Su Shishi no longer felt shy about close contact between them. It was more like she would take the initiative to approach Zhe Li. But because of this, she was a little uncomfortable with his rare active touch.

"Although I don't know what TV show you've watched that you want to imitate." Zhe Li slightly restrained his smile, carefully looked at the girl's face, and said: "In short, I hope you will speak directly if you have any dissatisfaction with me. I don't want you to guess my thoughts, and I don't want to guess yours-"

"Didn't we agree on this? 'Be your favorite version of yourself.'"

The man grinned widely and began to knead the girl's cheeks.

"If you don't say it nicely, it might be a bit annoying."

"Well."

Su Shi waited until Zhe Li put his hands down, then suddenly raised his head and stared at Zhe Li with his big eyes.

Then she suddenly jumped off the chair and threw herself into the arms of the man who was standing there, "...I'm sorry."

Zhe Li's gaze softened. He patted the girl's back to comfort her, hugged her again, and was about to push her away when she reached out and wrapped her arms around his waist.

Su Shi didn't use much strength, and it seemed that he could walk away with just a little struggle.

Zhe Li paused for a second and chose not to do so. He simply raised his hand and gently stroked the girl's soft hair.

"Okay. So, can you tell me what's going on?"

Su Shi's little face looked up from his clothes, "Why did Zhe Li appear in our school?"

Originally, he answered, "I'm currently a trainee teacher at Tsuki no Mori."

"I guessed it when I saw it... I was asking why he suddenly became a teacher!"

Su Shi couldn't help but puff up her cheeks when she said this.

Just this afternoon, Su Shi heard from her classmates that a young male trainee teacher had come to Class C.

At first, she thought it was odd that someone would only think about internships at the end of the semester. Then she realized that Toyokawa Shoko was a student in Class C. She recalled how Shoko had been vague about her family when she was still normal, and then her attitude towards CRYCHIC suddenly changed, and she quit the band...

She had already suspected it was due to family reasons, and now there was another suspicious guy in the school?!

She was really worried about Xiangzi's condition, so after class she used the excuse of having to go to the bathroom to pass by Class C, and then she made eye contact with the man on the stage who was packing up his teaching materials and preparing to leave.

The man even gave her a subtle wave.

…So she walked silently to the bathroom.

Nagasaki Suyo's life in the Moon Forest was never one of ecstasy or despair, as steady as a plant. For the sake of her own quiet campus life, she didn't want to attract attention by barging into other classes under everyone's gaze.

more importantly.

It had been her third year in this enchanted land called Moon Forest. She knew that there were far more people watching this campus than she had imagined.

Su Shi didn't want to cause trouble to important people because of his momentary anger.

————But no matter how I think about it, it still doesn’t seem right!

Seeing Zhe Li's pensive look, Su Shi became anxious and asked, "Are you going to be the store manager in the future?"

"Huh?" Zhe Li paused and said in surprise, "Why do you think so?"

Su Shi was speechless, and after a while he stammered, "Because, um, you went to be a teacher——"

If I became a teacher, I would...

"It's 'internship' teaching," Zheli emphasized. He looked at the troubled girl, and though he didn't quite understand what she was nervous about, he still expressed his thoughts: "Or 'education intern.' Technically speaking, I'm still a student in the Department of Education. I have to wait until I graduate to get my teaching license."

Although the school certificate he gave to Yue Zhisen for approval was forged.

"Even if I had a license, I wouldn't necessarily become a teacher." Zhe Li recalled today's events and sighed. "Just teaching middle school students is so hard. I can't imagine how much brain cells elementary school teachers must burn."

Conclusion:

"A lazy bone like me, I guess I'd rather be a coffee shop manager."

Maybe he's just used to being idle, but if he were to go back to being a firefighter, he'd have to be on call every day from the moment he clocked in, living a life where he couldn't even relax during his downtime... just imagining it makes my hair stand on end. Not to mention the risk of injury and death associated with such a high-risk job.

Being able to come back from the dead twice is already impressive enough, I really don’t want to take the risk a third time.

"Oh." Su Shi replied vaguely, "So the 'trainee teacher' is just a temporary identity to get in touch with Xiaoxiang?"

"Is such that."

"Oh." She rolled her eyes. "What stage has the strategy reached?"

"...?"

Zhe Li suddenly didn't understand what the little brat was saying.

"Did you finally talk to Xiaoxiang? What did you say?"

The arms around the waist were getting tighter and tighter; the girl's pretty face was as delicate and beautiful as ever, but miraculously, there was no expression at all.

The corner of Zhe Li's eye twitched unconsciously.

The girl's melodious voice was like a whisper from the underworld—

"Can you tell me, one sentence at a time, Mr. Zheli?"

……

The good news: She's speaking her mind.

The bad news: She's kind of scary.

Lost Star Chapter 107 Summer Time Record: Chapter Start

"Humph……"

The girl uttered a long, deliberate groan.

"Only this?"

"What else could there be? I chose to go under this identity, intending to stay a few days to see how she's doing." As the long conversation began, the man sat down in a chair and poured himself a glass of ice water. He grabbed the glass and shook it. The only remaining half of the ice water, along with the half-melted ice cubes, clashed against the glass, creating a clear sound like wind chimes.

"I'll be staying in the Moon Forest for the next few days. I hope you two will give me your guidance."

"..."

There was only one person sitting at the table that usually belonged to CRYCHIC, Mutsu Wakaba.