I won't be a loser.

"..."

"I'm going to Qingpu's house and will be back soon. If you can't make dinner, I'll prepare it for you when I get back."

"What about you?"

"I've already used it at Xige's place and will be back soon."

The door closed, leaving Ogiwara Sayu alone standing in the room, looking at the door. The door was closed and Kento had already left the room. The girl hesitated for a moment, walked to the refrigerator, looked at the ingredients inside, and didn't know what to do.

After thinking about it, he gave up the idea of preparing dinner himself and waited for the wise man to come back and then asked for his opinion.

He walked out of the house and came to the door of Qingpu's house. He pressed the doorbell and then remembered that he seemed to have the key to Qingpu's house on him. He looked down at his pocket, but after thinking about it, he still did not use the key.

The person who opened the door was Qingura Mai. When she saw Xianren standing at the door, a confused expression appeared on her face.

"Honest man, haven't I already given you the key?"

"Since you are all at home, there is no need to use the key. Is Setsuna at home now?"

"Well, in her own room. Are you here to talk to Setsuna about something?"

"Since we are boyfriend and girlfriend, it would be normal for me to do something with her."

"But even so, you don't usually come to Setsuna on your own initiative, do you? Even though your relationship has been made clear, from an outsider's perspective, the two of you don't feel like lovers at all. Don't you have any feelings at all?"

Qingpu Mai has been concerned about the matter between the two for a long time. Seeing that her daughter didn't seem to care much, she couldn't help but talk about this matter to Xianren.

"Even the most blazing fire will eventually go out."

"But your fire hasn't even started. At most, it's just like a spark, with a little smoke rising from time to time."

Xianren was speechless about this. His feelings for Setsuna were indeed not that passionate, which was something he could not deny. Looking at the reproachful look in Qingpu Mai's eyes in front of him, he looked towards the living room behind her.

"I can't react that passionately."

"I understand, but you should at least give some of your time to Setsuna, right? I don't ask for her to be by your side 24 hours a day, but at least an hour a day, right?"

"Being in love is not a student's job."

"Student is just an identity, it cannot be used as an excuse."

Facing Qingpu Mai's serious eyes, Xianren stretched out his hand, gently pinched his eyebrows, and then nodded.

"I understand. I will seriously consider this matter."

"You answered the same way last time."

"Some questions can't be answered right away, just like a stone, which can only be worn away bit by bit."

"So, which drop of water is Setsuna?"

"Shouldn't it be considered time?"

"Then I'm afraid that even if you graduate from college, I may not be able to hold your child."

"As long as Setsuna and you are willing, I don't mind. You can become a grandmother now. Are you willing?"

"Are you serious?"

Qingpu Mai's expression suddenly became subtle, and Xianren chuckled at this.

"It's okay if you want to be a mother again."

"...Then I'm afraid Setsuna and I will have to starve for a while. If I really get pregnant again, I'll have to give up my job temporarily. Without an income, will you support Setsuna and me?"

"I was just joking, did you take it seriously?"

Walking into the living room, Xianren looked at Qingpu Mai, whose face suddenly turned red, pursed her lips, stared at him, wanted to say something but held back. He felt that the other party's daughter behavior was very interesting and cute.

"I have no problem at any time. You can tell me when you have thought about it."

"Is it okay not to have children?"

"Forget it then."

He walked to the door of Setsuna's room, raised his hand, knocked on the door, then entered the room and saw Setsuna lying on the bed.

He closed the door with his backhand and walked to the edge of the bed. Looking at Shanna lying quietly on the bed without any reaction, he stretched out his hand and gently pinched the other's delicate little nose. Seeing Shanna turning sideways to look at him, his eyes met with the girl's.

"I want to be a mother."

"what?"

"Just now, I heard the conversation between you and your mother. I am willing to give birth to Xian's child, so, can you let me get pregnant?"

"........"

Looking at the girl's serious expression, Xianren was stunned. He couldn't control the expression on his face at all. He stared blankly at the serious eyes and expression of the girl in front of him, with his mouth open, not knowing how to answer for a long time.

"Can't you?"

"No, it's not about whether it's possible or not. Once you get pregnant, you can't go back to school, right? You're only a freshman in high school. If you get pregnant, to ensure the safety of you and the child, you definitely won't be able to go to school. You'll have to take a temporary leave of absence from class, and then you'll have to recuperate at home for about ten months. After the baby is born, you'll have to recuperate again, which will take several more months, at least a year."

"One year, that's okay."

"Who will take care of the child then? Your mother has to work, otherwise she has no income. You and I, although I have some income for the time being, it is not stable. It is a drop in the bucket for raising a child and is simply unrealistic."

"Is that why you say that because it's unrealistic?"

The girl opened her eyes and looked at the wise man quietly, leaving him speechless for a moment.

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After looking at the girl for a moment, the sage's emotions couldn't help but fluctuate. He couldn't help but frown slightly, and then gradually relaxed his brows. Looking at the girl lying on the bed, looking at him, he closed his eyes and exhaled softly.

"If you are willing to gamble your entire life on this, I have no objection and respect your choice."

"I've already put everything I have on the scale."

"Relationships are not a scale. If you hope to use a scale to measure the feelings of both parties, then the end result will inevitably be an imbalance in your heart. When you blindly give and find that your efforts and gains are not equal, everything in the past will be swallowed up by emptiness."

Without any guilt, looking at the girl in front of him, Xianren admitted that he had not fully fulfilled his responsibilities as a boyfriend, and treated his relationship with Kiyoura Setsuna with a rather perfunctory attitude.

When he first agreed to date the other party, perhaps he was infected by the girl's passionate feelings, and his heart was touched by the memories of his youth, or it might be simply because of a little loneliness in his heart.

"Fireworks display, would you like to join us?"

Without continuing to dwell on the issue of feelings, the wise man looked at the girl in front of him and asked her calmly.

The girl lying on the bed did not answer, but just looked at the boy in front of her quietly. Her eyes gradually turned calm. She looked at the sage for a moment, turned sideways, faced away from the sage, reached out and grabbed the thin quilt, covered herself with it, without giving any answer.

The wise man, who had always been very clear that he could not guess the girl's thoughts, did not understand what she was thinking. After seeing that she had her back to him, he walked towards the door.

"have a good rest."

After leaving a reminder, he opened the door, left the room, closed the door, and looked at Qingpu Wu who was sitting in the living room.

"heard it?"

"what?"

"There's a doorframe mark on his face. Even if he was eavesdropping, he wouldn't have pressed his face against the door, right?"

"Ok?"

Qingpu Wu raised her hand, placed it on her cheek and gently wiped it. It seemed that there was indeed some difference in depth, and her expression suddenly became subtle and awkward.

He casually touched his pocket, took out the key, walked to Qingpu Mai, placed it on the coffee table in front of her, and walked towards the door.

"I'll give it back to you now. When Setsuna and I finally get our marriage certificate, you can give it to me. It seems a little too early now."

"Wise man..."

Xianren walked to the door and heard Qingpu Mai calling his name. He turned around and looked at her, was silent for a moment, and smiled slightly.

"It's okay for me, but she seems to have not figured it out yet. I can't handle such a sincere and passionate feeling like fire."

He raised his arm, waved goodbye to Qingpu Wu, left Qingpu's house, closed the door, and slowly walked down the stairs. He returned to his apartment, saw the light in the bathroom and the sound of dripping water. After closing the door, Xianren sat in the room, poured himself a cup of tea, and sat at the desk. He wanted to write something, but he was too tired.

Not sure what his style would become if he continued writing at this point, he opened the document, quickly clicked 'x', sat quietly at the desk, and pondered for a moment, but still couldn't figure it out in his mind.

"in love......."

Whispering softly, compared to the relationship with Kiyoura Setsuna, he is more inclined to a relationship like that with Sayuri Sawamura, where there is no worry at all and the other party is more proactive and caring in every aspect.

He has always had a willful personality, and only someone more mature and gentle like Sayuri Sawamura can tolerate and accept everything about him.

"She is still too immature now."

Recalling his feelings with Qingpu Setsuna and Xianren, Xianren stood up, walked to the edge of his bed, sat down and lay down, closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

When Ogiwara Sayu walked out of the bathroom and saw Kento lying on the bed, asleep without even taking off his clothes, she couldn't help but be surprised. After staring at him for a while, she took the initiative to strip him off his clothes...

He opened his eyes dazedly and saw Sayu Ogihara pulling at him. His brain was almost in a semi-shutdown state, so he didn't think much about it and just muttered:

"So proactive?"

He reached out and embraced the girl who was lowering her head by the bed.

When the wise man woke up in the morning, he was very tired both physically and mentally. Even though he had rested for a night, he didn't feel much better. He just wanted to lie in his bed and have a good rest at home.

but......

After taking a look at Sayu Ogiwara who was still asleep beside him, he sat up, looked at his air conditioner which was still running and blowing cold air, and slowly walked to the bathroom.

He put on his clothes on the bed and prepared breakfast. Looking at the girl who was awakened by the sound of his cooking, Xianren glanced at her and continued to prepare breakfast quietly. By the time the girl had put on her clothes and went to the bathroom to wash up, he had almost prepared the food.

"Tonight, tonight..."

"Hmm? Oh, the fireworks display. You'll have to come back by then anyway. Let's meet at home before we go."

"Uh...yeah."

Ogiwara Sayu, holding the bowl, nodded after hearing Kento's words, lowered her head, and quietly started to have dinner. Kento, after having breakfast, went out directly.

"I'm relying on you to keep an eye on the house."

"Well, be careful on the road."

Looking back at the girl standing at the door, Xianren sighed softly and headed towards the private school.

"There were a lot of mistakes today."

"Maybe it's because I wasn't in a good mental state and was distracted the whole time, so I got more questions wrong. It's not surprising."

"It's generally a blessing to be able to understand the reasons for your mistakes, but if you have any problems, you can talk to me and see if I can help."

Looking at the boy in front of him, Pingtian put down the pen in his hand with a smile.

"Mr. Tsubota, are you dating someone?"

"Uh... I'm busy with private school stuff, so for now... not yet."

"That's okay."

He pulled out his test paper, looked at the wrong content on it, stood up, and went back to his seat. He checked the answers himself and began to look for the reasons for his mistakes. Tsubota stared at Kento in a daze, and then recalled the conversation he had just had with him, with an embarrassed expression.

He touched his nose and began to consider whether he should go on a blind date.

After finishing the morning classes at the private school, Xianren felt that his mental state was not very good. He asked for leave from Pingtian in the afternoon and did not go to the private school. Instead, he randomly found a coffee shop, ordered a cup of iced coffee, and turned his head to look at the passers-by outside the glass window.

"A wise man."

A petite figure sat down on the seat opposite him.

The wise man, who was staring at passersby in a daze, suddenly heard a familiar voice. He turned his head and saw Feng Xiaochun sitting opposite him. The girl was wearing a white sports jacket and a hood tied with a white scarf. She looked like white snow and was particularly eye-catching.

After looking at the girl in front of him for a moment, Xianren picked up the iced coffee on the table and took two small sips.

"You haven't been on vacation somewhere like Hawaii?"

"I've been there before. When Kento was still in Itomori, I heard you were back in Tokyo, so I immediately returned from Guam. Without Kento knowing, I followed him and captured many precious moments."

While answering the wise man, the girl took out a small camera from her bosom and showed it to the wise man.

His eyes couldn't help but fall on the mini camera in the girl's hand. While he was wondering when she had been caught up by the other party and how many photos she had taken, Feng Xiaochun silently put the camera back into her arms.

"Wouldn't you like to share with me the precious pictures you captured?"

"That is a treasure that belongs to me, Xiaochun, and not even Xianren can see it. Unless Xianren and I get married one day, then I can share it with Xianren."

"Marry?"