Iruma-san wants to win the Akutagawa Prize

And indeed—

【Nagasaki Sushi】

When this name appeared, Shoko Toyokawa felt a little upset.

Nagasaki Motoyo is Iruma Hibiki's ex-girlfriend. She may not be able to intervene in the part of the relationship that happened between the two of them.

For Toyokawa Shoko, after being a bandmate with Nagasaki Motoyo, she also has the side of being a love rival.

Although Iruma Hibiki refused.

but……

Perhaps this is something that the previous Shoko Toyokawa would never have questioned.

But now, her secrets, life, everything are exposed, and Iruma Hibiki decides to face it with her.

The self-esteem and self-confidence deep in Toyokawa Shoko's heart, the once self-centered Toyokawa Shoko, gradually distorted, deteriorated, fermented, boiled, and transformed into another substance.

She began to feel inferior, uneasy, and evasive. The originally soft and cute creature grew sharp thorns to protect itself which was too soft, just like the trilobite during the Cambrian explosion of species. When the armor was not enough to cover the whole body, it grew three-leaf armor. If it was still not enough, it increased the thickness. The eyes were a weak point, so it replaced them with calcite. When all these were not enough, it grew sharp thorns, enlarged the wings of the armor, grew exaggerated body attachments, shrunk into a ball, and finally grew from a gentle little bottom-dwelling filter-feeder into a ferocious predator that could be more than 50 cm long.

As a matter of course—

When you start to doubt the reliability of glass, then it is bound to break.

Toyokawa Shoko was uneasy about her grudge against Nagasaki Suyo.

She subconsciously decided to test Iruma Hibiki a little.

When leaving Toyokawa's residence, Toyokawa Shoko's father had not yet woken up.

Hibiki Iruma didn't know about the recent life of Toyokawa Shoko's father. For him, it was hard to imagine that a father would be unaware that his daughter had left home to spend the night with a strange boy for two consecutive days. Even if he was discovered, he decided to face it.

But Shoko Toyokawa didn't care much.

Because she knew that her father's life recently could be described as a three-point line -

Borrowed money from a friend's house - lost it all at pachinko - went home and drank it all.

As for what she is like.

Although the man did care a little when he first moved in.

Later on, I didn't care at all, as if she had never existed in this family...

what can we do about it?

About his father.

Toyokawa Shoko actually had no idea what was going on.

74 Peeping

There was a sound of water splashing in the bathroom. It wasn't that anyone was taking a shower, but that Hibiki Iruma had turned on the faucet. After a day's work, Shoko Toyokawa was too tired and decided to relax a little. Coincidentally, the bath ball that Hibiki Iruma had bought earlier came in handy.

But at this moment he was too tired to talk and just wanted to fall on the bed and fall into a deep sleep.

However, living with strangers still made Iruma Hibiki feel a little strange.

Yes, it is natural to feel that way.

Normally, sharing a home with someone, sharing everything in life, will feel a bit weird at first.

This is completely opposite to what we thought during the dating period.

If love is composed of carefully prepared dates, then cohabitation is more comprehensive, in which all the living habits and more real parts of both parties will come into contact and blend with each other.

In fact, it is a step that goes a little beyond a romantic relationship and is more intimate.

At this moment, Hibiki Iruma is experiencing this with Shoko Toyokawa.

"call--"

Iruma Hibiki breathed a sigh of relief, then sat up from the bed. He indeed needed to work harder. Most of the daily necessities he had bought before were left at Toyokawa's house, and a small part was brought here. He would check out of the hotel tonight, and it would be too luxurious to stay here for a long time.

At this moment, Toyokawa Shoba Umbrella Lingu氿溜齐久吾榳子 was sitting at a small table in the hotel, looking at the documents in front of him and filling out forms while waiting for the water to be released.

"What kind of Xiangzi is this?"

Hibiki Iruma came behind Shoko Toyokawa and asked her with concern.

"It's the application form for admission, as well as the scholarship application and entrance exam after admission."

【Hanogaoka High School】

This seems to be the future of Shoko Toyokawa.

For Shoko Toyokawa, she could no longer stay in Tsuki no Mori because of the high tuition fees.

"Since we're not going to go straight to Tsuki no Mori, we need to make more preparations. We'll also be preparing for the entrance exam to Haneda soon."

"It will definitely be okay with Xiangzi, because Xiangzi always gets good grades."

Iruma Hibiki was telling the truth.

Unlike him, Toyokawa Shoko is a true genius with excellent grades.

"Dad, haven't you fallen behind in your studies because of what's happened recently?"

Following Toyokawa Shoko's question, Iruma Hibiki fell silent for a moment.

"Actually, I've fallen behind a bit. Thinking about it carefully, I was a bit too much when I said my goal for admission was the University of Tokyo."

"Todai is a great goal, Hibiki needs to keep working hard."

As Shoko Toyokawa said this, she had almost finished filling out the form in her hand.

Of course, even though he said that, Hibiki Iruma also noticed that there were actually some corrections on the career plan notes filled out by Toyokawa Shoko, and the corrections were:

【下高】

In other words, Shoko Toyokawa once thought about coming to his school, but finally gave up because of the scholarship issue.

……

【Xiangzi's situation is much more serious than I imagined.】

Looking at Toyokawa Shoko's beautiful handwriting, Iruma Hibiki couldn't help but feel a little distressed, yet helpless, not knowing what else he should do at this moment.

He could only wait quietly by the side.

"Does Hibiki want to soak first?"

"Xiangzi will be ready first. I'll wait until Xiangzi is done soaking before I go in."

After everything was done, Iruma Hibiki gave the opportunity to take a bath first to Toyokawa Shoko.

"Ah."

After Toyokawa Shoko responded quietly, she took her change of clothes and walked into the hotel bathroom, while Iruma Hibiki picked up her cell phone, watched Toyokawa Shoko finish writing and closing the document, and sighed slightly in her heart.

The messages on his phone seemed to have returned to their former state, somewhat quiet.

But it's natural.

After today, the band should be rehearsing for the next performance?

Yes.

The last school performance brought a lot of popularity, and coupled with his appearance on the same stage with Goto Ichiri, to some extent they have become (七)凌坝〓A 無IV刘拔起? ⑦【开盒我是】——

Of course it’s not that exaggerated.

However, his Iruma Renkan account and Goto Ichiri's Guitar Hero account have been widely speculated due to their previous performance videos.

rather say--

Goto Ichiri's clumsy cover-up couldn't stop others from seeing the figure in pink sportswear holding a Gibson black card in the band's performance video at first sight.

So iconic.

The same goes for Hibiki Iruma.

After all, he is the only boy.

So the identities of the two had already been exposed long ago, and there was nothing to hide. Of course—

As for Goto Ichiri, the discussion about his ex-boyfriend continues, and Iruma Hibiki also finds that he has been troubled by the relationship between him and Guitar Hero recently.

As usual, Goto Ichiri did not respond.

She rarely replies to strangers online. Most of the time, she reads secretly. Then, she either gets too excited or becomes extremely upset and does something weird.

Iruma Hibiki sighed.

He no longer paid attention to the matters on the account, and he didn't know how to respond to this part of the public opinion. In short, he just let things take their course.

So subconsciously, Hibiki Iruma opened the account of the disbanded band during this gap.

really.

The account updated by Xiduo has today's photos.

Today they seemed to be rehearsing among the stars as usual. In the second half of the picture, PA-san and Ijichi Seige could be seen sitting there.

Today's stars are as crowded as ever.

For some reason, when Hibiki Iruma looked at the photos sent by Kita, he couldn't help but feel much better, as if the things that had been bothering him before were at least temporarily over.

Just then——

"ring."

After changing into pajamas, Toyokawa Shoko came to Iruma Hibiki.

"what……"

"Hibiki can go wash up first."

Following Toyokawa Shoko's words, Iruma Hibiki also walked towards the bathroom—

After a simple wash and soaking for a while, the overly sleepy Iruma Hibiki returned to the room. As soon as he came out, he saw Toyokawa Shoko lying on the bed with half of her body left and falling into a deep sleep.

Sighing silently in his heart, Hibiki Iruma finally checked the messages on his phone.

Nagasaki Suyo didn't show up in the group chat today, didn't have any private chats, and her social media accounts didn't update anything at all...

Iruma Hibiki was actually a little worried.

But it is not appropriate for him to be concerned about this.

Thinking about such things, he fell asleep very close to Toyokawa Shoko without realizing it.

When Hibiki Iruma fell asleep due to exhaustion, Shoko Toyokawa quietly opened her eyes.

In fact, she was just pretending to fall asleep because she was shy.

Perhaps with a hint of curiosity and a little wariness, Toyokawa Shoko cautiously looked at the cell phone in Iruma Hibiki's hand which was still on.

The screen of Iruma Hibiki's phone remained on the previous interface. The last people she contacted were Kita and Ijichi Nijika.

75 Concerns about Nagasaki Suyo

"Good morning, Xiang. Xiang is very energetic today."

At the school gate, Iruma Hibiki, who arrived a little earlier than usual, met Ijichi Nikka—

The reason for arriving at school early was actually very simple, because Shoko Toyokawa had to go home in the morning to see her father in case something happened to him.

Compared to the miserable state of her father now, if he died, it would be even more unacceptable to Toyokawa Shoko. In addition, for the two of them, lying together while awake was still too much -

After all, to various extents, they are just high school students, and Shoko Toyokawa will not be promoted to high school until the end of this semester.

It would be more reasonable to say that from this perspective, nothing happened that night.

Otherwise it would be too early anyway.

"Good morning."

Iruma Hibiki greeted Ijichi Kouka and temporarily put aside some of his worries about other things.

Regardless, today is a new week.

"Xiang's side should be more important this week."

As they walked into the school together, Ichichi Hongxia asked curiously.

"Well, yes, especially tomorrow, there's a crucial rehearsal."