I won't be a loser.

Saionji Sekai, lying on the bed beside her, was still in a sweet dream.

It was almost noon when Saionji Sekai, who was lying on the bed, opened her eyes in a daze, breathing the fresh air that she didn't usually have at home, and looking at the unfamiliar environment. She had just woken up and couldn't react to the environment she was in for a while.

"Hmm? This is an unfamiliar environment... What am I doing..."

Her confused eyes gradually became clear. Looking at the surrounding environment, she remembered where she was. She quickly sat up, looked at the empty space beside her, and then at the empty bed next to her. She suddenly became nervous.

He hurriedly lifted the thin blanket on himself and hurried to the door in his pajamas. After opening the barrier door, he looked at the empty corridor and saw no one in sight.

"Sage? Setsuna?"

Calling the two people's names softly, Saionji Sekai came to the living room and saw the two people sitting in front of the TV, watching the show. Next to them, Mitsuha was leaning on the sofa listlessly, looking at the couple next to her and sighing from time to time.

Without seeing Yotsuba, and no one knew where the little girl had gone, Sekai Saionji, who was wearing pajamas, slowly came to the living room. Kento, who was watching the show, also raised his head and looked at Sekai who had come to the living room.

"woke up?"

"What time is it now?"

"It's almost 11 o'clock. I can have lunch in a little while. I woke up pretty punctually."

"Is it so late?"

Saionji Sekai looked towards the living room, her eyes fell on the clock on the wall, and she looked at the time in surprise. She never expected that she would sleep until noon.

Xianren, who was watching TV, also stood up.

"Go wash up. I'll go prepare lunch. Mother and Yotsuba went to Hida today. There are five of us at home, so we have to take care of lunch."

After hearing what Xianren said, Saionji Sekai looked down at her pajamas, responded, and hurried back to the room to change her clothes, while Xianren walked towards the refrigerator. Mitsuha lay on the sofa, staring at Xianren's back, and then saw that he also stood up, feeling inexplicably melancholy.

After being seen by the wise man in the morning, she felt a sense of loss in her heart. She always felt as if she had lost something important. Her heart was empty and a little melancholy...

"Aren't you going out today?"

Also lying on the sofa with a bored look on her face, May took the magazine off her face and looked at Ichika who came into the living room.

"No, he's not in Tokyo today, and I don't know when he'll be back. Have you thought of something to cook for lunch?"

"I'm fine with that, but I still feel like going out. Did he leave Tokyo and go back to his hometown? I remember it was in Gifu?"

"Well, it's a small town called Itomori. I looked it up on the map and it's quite far from the city, a bit remote."

Picking up the phone beside her, she opened the map app on it, then raised it up again. Ichika glanced at May's phone and noticed the small town called Itomori, which seemed to be unusually remote.

“It seems so far to go there.”

"You need to transfer a lot, and there's probably no place to rest in that place."

"........You want to go to his house?"

Yihua was stunned for a moment and looked at Wuyue. She didn't expect that she was just sighing, but Wuyue had already remembered about going to Xian's house.

"No, not really. I just feel that place is very remote and there might not be a place to rest."

After hearing what Ichika said, May also reacted and quickly denied it.

".......Are you in love with him?"

She tried to ask, and May's face suddenly turned red. She glanced at Ichika, then silently used the magazine to block her view, avoiding eye contact with Ichika. She did not answer, but remained silent.

Looking at his sister, Ichika felt a little tired in his heart, but he didn't say anything. He just looked at May quietly for a while.

"He already has a girlfriend, and his relationship with that Sawamura in the class is also very strange. I don't know what the situation is. Don't do anything that you will regret."

"Didn't you like him too?"

"........"

Ichika didn't give any answer and slowly walked towards the stairs.

May, sitting on the sofa, looked towards the second floor. Seeing Yihua enter her own room, she slowly withdrew her gaze and looked down at the map on her phone again. She was a little hesitant in her heart, wondering whether she should go to that place to take a look.

But that place is so remote that it doesn’t feel very safe to go there alone.

Unable to help but sigh in his heart, May put away his phone and decided it would be better to stay at home.

"I don't know when he will return to Tokyo."

Xianren, who had just prepared lunch, suddenly felt an itch in his nose. He couldn't help but lower his head and sneeze outside. He turned back and went into the living room. Seeing that everyone was ready, he called his grandmother, and the five of them had lunch together...

The elderly don’t like greasy food, and in this summer, they don’t like greasy food very much. Their appetite is not very good, so they prepared some light dishes, such as salads of vegetables and fruits, and dishes with ingredients such as tofu.

Judging from the old man's behavior, he was quite satisfied with the lunch. Setsuna and Sekai also had no complaints. However, Mitsuha stared at her own food listlessly, but her eyes would occasionally glance at him. When their eyes met, she could see the other glaring at him with dissatisfaction...

So, the task of arranging the tableware was given to Sanye. With her grandmother present, Sanye had no way to refuse Xianren and started to clean up gloomily. After seeing Sanye's reaction, Setsuna and Sekai tacitly chose to help Sanye clean up.

As for Xianren, he watched the three of them getting along harmoniously, then glanced at his grandmother who was staring at him with a meaningful look.

I don't know if he saw something, but Shijie had no contact with his grandmother. They only met twice during meals. It can be seen that there is some relationship between her and him. Xianren was not willing to believe it in his heart.

But I always feel that grandma did see something. Her eyes wandered between the world and the moment from time to time, which made Xianren's heart a little confused.

Fortunately, grandma did not sit in the living room all the time. After a short rest, she went back to her room and continued to weave her knots. In the Miyamizu family, the skill passed down from generation to generation is the craft of weaving knots. It seems that there is a legend that it is blessed by God. It is also very famous locally, and people often come to grandma to buy knots.

"I'll spend some time in Itomori this afternoon. I can introduce you to my old school."

"Are you going to school?"

After packing up, Mitsuha just lay down on the sofa, and when she heard Kento getting ready to go out, she suddenly became energetic. She was also very curious about the reaction of the two people who studied in Tokyo when they came to Itomori and saw their own school.

He sat up excitedly and looked at the three people.

"I'm getting ready to go out. Do you want to come with me?"

"Together!"

The four of them went out together with Sanye. Sekai and Setsuna had no objection. After a little preparation, Xianren informed his grandmother and took the three of them out. There was only one umbrella at home, so the three girls squeezed together. Xianren walked alone in the sun, looking at the blue sky above his head. He felt a little emotional and missed the environment here.

It was a long way from the Miyamizu house to the school, and there was no way for everyone of four to ride on a bicycle, so they simply walked towards the school as usual.

"It's a long way to go. I've been in Tokyo for so long that I've forgotten how to get there. Mitsuha, you go ahead."

"You've only been in Tokyo for four months, and you've forgotten the way to school?"

Sanye, who was pushed to the front, left the range of the umbrella and felt the scorching sun. He couldn't help but put his hand to cover his forehead. Looking at his brother beside him, he couldn't help but ask back.

"I don't know what kind of changes have taken place here, so it's safer to let you lead the way. No one knows the way to school better than you, a middle school student, right?"

Sanye, who always felt a sense of sophistry, couldn't help but stare at Xianren for a while, but still walked silently in front, heading towards the school.

Xianren naturally couldn't have completely forgotten the path he took to school, but walking here and looking at the scenes in his memory brought up a lot of emotions in his heart. Looking at the surrounding scenery, letting Sanye walk in front, it didn't matter if he walked a little slower.

Walking down the stone steps, Sanye introduced every household on the way, and also briefly introduced the environment here. For Xianren, who has been away from home for a long time, Sanye who still lives here obviously has a deeper understanding and feelings.

"Because there's been little development here, even the buildings are very old-fashioned, with no modern touch at all. For people living in the city, these might be considered unique styles, but for me, I still prefer the convenience of living in a modern city."

I couldn't help but complain about the place where I live. There isn't even a single bus running in the entire town of Itomori. There are only special buses when going to other towns and cities. To go anywhere in the town, you have to walk.

Basically, every household has passed down their business from generation to generation, and they are all very old-fashioned businesses passed down from father to son. In the more than ten years that Mitsuha has lived here, he has not seen any special changes. It was only during the period when Miyamizu Toshiki served as the mayor here that he rebuilt the road, but before making any changes, he went straight to become the mayor of Hida.

"There's no coffee shop, no pet shop, and definitely no trendy shops."

Walking in front with a sigh, Setsuna and Sekai behind didn't know how to describe their feelings. It seemed that all they had left was to listen to Sanye's complaints along the way.

When they turned around to look at the sage standing beside them, they found that he had fallen behind them at some point. Looking at the surrounding scenery, the smile on his face made them both feel inexplicably touched. It could be seen that the sage seemed to be in a very good mood at the moment.

We crossed the flowing river and arrived at the gate of the middle school. There was no guard at the gate and the gate was almost open.

The four of them entered the school easily and looked at the familiar scenery around them. It was not much different from when Xianren left. It was only a few months, and in a countryside like this, there couldn't be much change.

"There aren't many club activities at school. During the summer vacation, most people stay at home. Only the student union members might come to school to tidy up the school environment a bit."

I looked around and didn't see anyone. Unlike the city where people have to intensify training during the holidays, the summer vacation in rural schools is very leisurely.

"Is this the Xianren's old school?"

Shanshan looked at Xianren, and the world was also looking at the school which was a little... almost desolate and shabby. Outside the teaching building was a large mud field with tufts of green grass. It was a scene that she would never see in her school.

"I spent three years of middle school here. Every afternoon, I would rest there. There was a desk under that tree, so I would sit there for a while and chat with my classmates. Come to think of it, someone even confessed their love under that tree."

"Who?!"

In an instant, not only Setsuna and Sekai, but even Mitsuha became alert, opened their eyes wide, and looked at Xianren.

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When the summer cicadas chirp: 221. Are you doing it?

During the time they went to school together, Sanye had seen girls confess their love to Xianren before. There was even an incident where one of her classmates asked her to pass a love letter to Xianren. But that happened later. At least Sanye didn't hear about the confession under the tree.

"It was a long time ago. It was a senior student. I won't tell you who it was. It's useless to know anyway. She left Itomori a long time ago and went to school somewhere else."

"People you know?"

"No, I don't know whether he knows me or not. Maybe he does."

Looking at Mitsuha who was full of curiosity and concern, Kento was not sure whether the other party did have some kind of relationship with the Miyamizu family. The entire Itomori was just a small place, and every household had some kind of relationship with relatives.

From what Xianren understood, the girl who confessed to him seemed to be of the same generation as his parents, but she was also a distant relative with almost no relationship. He only found out about this after asking Erye, but he might not know the whole story as for Sanye.

"Who?"

Mitsuha's curiosity was piqued, and she stared at Xianren, wanting to get an answer from him. Xianren smiled and looked at Sekai and Setsuna beside him.

"Let's go take another look at the school building. I don't know if it's any different from when I went to school before."

"That might be very disappointing. From the day you graduated until now, nothing has changed. The school is still the same, but there are fewer students. There is a new teacher, who is said to have come to Itomori from Tokyo."

"Tokyo?"

Even Xianren felt a little surprised. He was naturally aware of the so-called teacher rotation system. Every teacher who had worked in a school for three years would be considered a rotation target, and those who had worked in a school for six years must participate in the rotation.

The mobility areas include mobility within the same city, block, or village, as well as mobility across county-level administrative regions, so as to ensure the fairness of educational resources. In addition, the income of teachers working in remote areas will generally be higher than that of teachers in developed areas.

From the perspective of wise people, the rotation system has both advantages and disadvantages, but most people have a positive attitude towards it.

However, hearing that someone was rotated from a place like Tokyo to a remote area like Itomori to become a middle school teacher was somewhat surprising and unexpected for Xianren.

"She's a very elegant female teacher."

Looking towards Kento, Mitsuha's eyes showed some lack of doubt about good intentions, while Kento looked at the school building with some emotion.

"There are fewer and fewer students here at Itomori, and I don't know how much longer this place can hold out."

After sighing for a moment, he walked towards the school building. Mitsuha, who was about to say something after hearing Xianren's words, looked at Xianren walking forward, choked back what she wanted to say, and hurriedly followed him. Sekai looked back at the tree before he and Setsuna followed Xianren's footsteps and walked towards the school building...

There was no one to be seen in the school building during the summer vacation. It seemed that the teachers and students were all hiding in their homes to rest during this vacation. No one could withstand the scorching sun outside.

"It's so cool! It's so hot outside, but once I got inside the school building, I felt cool instantly."

Looking around at the environment of the school building, he entered the interior. Without the scorching sun, a refreshing breeze blew through the corridor and blew on Xianren and others, making them feel a lot cooler. Xianren's eyes fell on Sanye, and he opened his mouth to talk about some campus ghost stories he had heard.

But he was worried that Sanye would be frightened and develop a resistance to the school, so he didn't say anything and just looked in the direction of his old classroom.

"That's my old classroom."

Pointing in the direction of her own classroom, Mitsuha already knew the classroom where Kento used to go to school, but she wasn't interested. Sekai and Setsuna followed the direction of her finger and looked towards the classroom. The three of them walked towards the classroom together.

"I'll go to my own classroom and take a look. When you leave later, just call me."

Mitsuha had no interest in watching, so she just said something to the three of them and walked towards her own classroom, leaving the three of them looking at Mitsuha's back. Xianren was a little helpless, but did not stop her.

"Well, let's go to the classroom and take a look."

Sekai and Setsuna were both very interested in the environment in which Kento went to school. Of course, deep down, they might be even more interested in the girl who confessed to Kento, but it was obviously not a question they could ask directly. The two could only keep it in their hearts and wait until a suitable time, perhaps they could ask about it.

Entering the open classroom, the windows were closed. Xianren walked to the window, opened it, and looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar classroom. It was very different and changed from when he was in school. At least there were not many traces of him left in the classroom.

"It's changed a lot, but the general appearance hasn't changed much. The stickers here are still there."

Walking to the blackboard, Xianren looked at the yellowed sticker beside the blackboard, stretched out his finger and touched it lightly.

"Did the wise man put it there?"

Setsuna looked at the sticker with the butterfly on it, then glanced at Xianren next to him.

"No, it was a girl in my class who put it there. I was planning to tear it off, but I was a little curious about how long it would take for someone to tear it off. I didn't expect anyone to have torn it off until now."

Think about it for a moment.

"It's probably been more than a year."

"One year?"