I won't be a loser.

"Is it okay if the taste is a little lighter?"

"Well, tonight, I just want a simple dish. If the flavor is too strong, I probably won't feel much."

"Then make it a little lighter."

After getting the answer from Kento, Qingura Mai put less seasoning than usual. Qingura Setsuna, who was lying on the bed, opened her tired eyes when she heard the cooking sounds from the kitchen counter, a sound that Kento and Qingura Mai had not paid much attention to.

What he saw was the wise man sitting at the table. He glanced towards the kitchen counter and saw his mother.

The two people in the living room did not notice that Qingura Setsuna had woken up. Xianren took a sip of tea, closed his eyes, and thought about what would happen next.

Whether or not he will win the bid has not yet been determined, but if he wins, it means that Qingpu Shunna will have to take a leave of absence from school.

Although most people think that pregnancy takes ten months, you usually feel the effects at one to two months. At nine months, it is almost the due date. It is more appropriate to take leave in the last three months or so.

"It's September now. If I felt it in November, then that would be two months away. My due date would be around July next year, which would be summer vacation. However, Setsuna's health isn't that good, so I'll have to take time off to rest at home for the next three or four months. This means I'll need to take a leave of absence around April, right at the start of second grade. It'll take at least two months, so I can recover in September, which shouldn't be a problem."

It doesn't have much impact on her studies, but it does cause some trouble in her life. Just like what I talked about with Setsuna before, now that she is pregnant, someone must take care of her. In the next three months, Qingura Mai will have to stay by her side.

In order to take good care of Kiyoura Setsuna, Kiyoura Mai would have to take leave and stay home. It's not impossible to hire someone else, but the cost of hiring someone else, even at the lowest rate, would be over 200,000 yen a month, plus the cost of checkups, and various medical expenses for the child and mother...

The expenses would be at least two to three million yen. As for academics, he could help with tutoring after school. As a pregnant woman, it was obviously impossible for her to go out to attend tutoring classes.

"Medical expenses, including medical insurance during pregnancy, babysitting, and other expenses..."

The wise man, who was calculating various expenses, muttered to himself unconsciously. While he was in a trance, he was also calculating the expenses of various projects in his mind. Qingpu Shanna, who was lying on the bed, also heard the wise man's murmur unconsciously. He looked at the wise man who was sitting in the living room, turned on the computer and started calculating various expenses.

When he heard the approximate costs of the different projects, Qingpu Setsuna's expression became complicated. He stared at Xianren's back in silence...

After dinner, Kiyoura Setsuna followed his mother out of Kento's apartment. While walking on the road, Kiyoura Setsuna remained silent. It was not until they entered the house and the living room that Kiyoura Setsuna slowly turned around and looked at his mother behind him.

"Mother."

"What's wrong? If you miss Xianren, you can go over now, but I see that Xianren also needs a little rest. Young people also need to understand what moderation is."

"No, no, I want to ask how much savings we have at home."

When she suddenly heard something about deposits, Qingpu Mai's expression gradually became subtle and she looked at her daughter.

"Why are you asking about this suddenly?"

"I... have things I want to do, but maybe..."

After opening her mouth, Kiyoura Setsuna fell into silence. What she wanted to do would cost at least a million yen. Even though she knew that Kento had a considerable income, Kiyoura Setsuna felt it was not appropriate to let him bear the cost alone.

From the beginning to the end, she was the willful one. There was no reason for the wise man to bear all this alone.

Facing her daughter's serious expression, Qingpu Wu also felt that her daughter seemed to have made some important decision. She was silent for a moment, her eyes wandered, and she felt a little unsure in her heart.

"Well, probably more than 10 million. I didn't count the exact amount. What's wrong?"

"Ten million..."

Qingpu Setsuna's eyes were also a little hesitant. He looked at his mother in front of him and couldn't help biting his lips.

"What's wrong, Setsuna?"

"No, it's nothing."

Faced with his mother's concern, Qingpu Setsuna smiled and slowly returned to his room.

Do I really need to let my mother and wise men take responsibility for the decisions I make?

After returning to his room, Kiyoura Setsuna silently came to his desk, opened the drawer a little, took out a small passbook from it, opened it and took a look. There was a deposit of about 130,000 yen on it.

Looking at the amount on her passbook, she fell into a long silence...

The pressure of life suddenly fell on Xianren. Sitting in the classroom, Xianren was still thinking about the various expenses after Shanshan became pregnant. Having a child has never been an easy thing.

Sitting at his desk, he occasionally glanced sideways at the blue sky outside the window, then looked at the teacher standing on the podium in front of him, a thoughtful expression flashed in his eyes.

He casually opened his notebook and wrote down some difficult-to-understand content and various numbers on the blank page. He planned to determine the approximate cost, and then work hard towards this goal.

"The approximate cost calculated last night should be around 3 million yen. This amount won't have a big impact. The key is for Setsuna's studies. The time he'll have to rest at home should be around half a year."

In the next six months or so, he can act as a tutor and give Qingpu Setsuna a simple explanation. Qingpu Setsuna has excellent results in this area, so it is not necessary for her to completely fail to understand.

"But these are minor issues. The key is who will raise the child after it's born. Me and..."

While muttering to himself, Xianren was stunned for a moment, turned around, and realized that he was still in class. He looked around and found that no one was paying attention to him. He breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head again, looked at the notebook in front of him, and fell into silence for a long time.

Qingpu Mai is the pillar of the Qingpu family and has to go to work every day, while Qingpu Setsuna needs to go to school. He doesn't have much time. It's not impossible to hire a nanny, but he is a little worried about the nanny.

"Send him back to Itomori?"

Sending the child back to Itomori and letting his mother take care of him might be a good choice. Having given birth to three children, Miyamizu Futaba should be able to handle this matter with ease.

Sanye and Siye in the family have both grown up. The sensible Siye does not need too much care, so only Sanye is left.

Mitsuha's personality is a little lively, but she won't cause trouble for others in serious matters, so it's not a problem. When the time comes, we can just send the child back to Itomori.

'For now, they are still in their first year of high school. As of now, they were born in their second year of high school. They would be two years old in their third year of high school. Then, they would graduate from high school and go to college.'

At least you have to wait until you graduate from college to have enough time to take care of your children, which is when they are around five or six years old.

"Having spent my childhood in a place like Itomori, it shouldn't be a problem... No, the Itomori accent is also a problem. When I first arrive in Tokyo, I'm sure I'll feel a little uncomfortable. Others might also discriminate against and bully me because of my accent."

Children in big cities are quite precocious. At the age of five or six, they are easily influenced by their parents. For example, if a family member says "country people from Gifu", the child will definitely discriminate against the child based on regional background.

The children themselves may not have any concept in this regard, but the remarks of adults will always unconsciously influence their children and make them prejudiced.

It can be said that what kind of person a child becomes is closely related to the adults around the child.

"My headache is starting to set in. It's going to take a while to figure things out. For now, that's enough for me. I'll think about the rest later."

After class, Xianren sat at his desk with a numb expression on his face. Nakano Satsuki couldn't help but walked to his desk and reached out to knock on it gently.

He raised his head and looked at Nakano Satsuki who was close to him, and the wise man sighed.

"What's your reaction? You actually sighed when you saw someone?"

"No, I'm just a little tired. If you're asking about the private school, you can go there alone, right?"

"I've been there. Pingtian, is that the name?"

“I’ve already been there.”

Xianren, who hadn't been there for two days, looked at Nakano Satsuki beside him. She had a great figure and if she gave birth to a child, she would definitely give birth to a healthy one.

Covering his forehead with his right hand, Xianren couldn't help but sigh.

"what happened again?!"

When Xianren heard that she had been to a private school, and then sighed, as if her going to the private school gave him a headache, Nakano Satsuki couldn't help but feel unhappy in her heart!

"No, nothing, just a little tired. Um, congratulations. Is there anything else?"

"Just asking, it seems like you haven't been to the private school for a long time?"

"It's been a long time... I just missed two days. I had some things to deal with, so I didn't go to the private school."

"girlfriend?"

"more or less."

Nakano Satsuki looked at Kento in front of her. After receiving a positive answer, she had already known that Kento had a girlfriend, so her expression did not change. She just felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

"If you have any questions, you can ask Tsubota directly. His personality is just like what he looks like. He is a good person."

"..."

After hearing the wise man's words, he recalled Tsubota's perfect "scholar" appearance and fell silent.

Her eyes inadvertently glanced at Xianren's desk and saw the contents of the notebook. Those strange abbreviations and numbers made Nakano Satsuki curious.

"What are those?"

Looking down at his notes, Xianren did not show any panic, and tapped them lightly twice.

"Nothing much, just some plans for the future."

"plan?"

"Like college and stuff."

"College?"

Looking at the pseudonyms 'ns' and 'nk' on the notebook, I can't connect them to university...

'ns...sounds a bit like pregnancy, huh?'

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Summer Cicadas: 262. I really want to tell you

When the plane landed and she stood on the land of Tokyo again, Ogihara Sayu couldn't help but close her eyes, took a deep breath, opened her eyes again, calmed herself down, and slowly walked out of the airport hall.

With one hand in his pocket, Xianren came out of the school and walked towards the private school.

"Hey! Won't you wait for me?"

A hurried figure caught up. The wise man walking in front looked back at the girl who was catching up. The swaying alopecia on her head was particularly eye-catching.

He stopped and looked at the girl who hurried to him, sitting on her hands and knees, taking a long breath. Xianren looked around at the reactions of the people around him. There were quite a few people looking at him, but when they noticed Xianren's gaze, they all looked away.

"I don't mind, but you, are you okay with it? Aren't you afraid that if you walk with me, there will be strange rumors in the school tomorrow?"

"for example?"

After taking a look at Nakano Satsuki in front of him, Xianren walked towards the private school, while Nakano Satsuki followed quietly behind him. The two of them walked forward one in front and one behind, and three figures followed quietly behind them.

"The relationship between those two people always seems a little strange."

"May said that the private school she went to was the same one as Miyamizu. They should be going to the same private school now, right?"

Miku covered her face with a book and looked at the two people walking in front of her, but she was not very curious.

"I don't know what Ichika is doing anymore. She's been acting mysterious lately and hasn't even told us about her part-time job. I'm more concerned about Ichika than these two people."

Yotsuba turned her head to look at Nino beside her, but Nino was staring at the two people in front of her and seemed to have no interest in Ichika's affairs.

"As for Ichika, she'll naturally take the initiative to talk to us when she's ready. Right now, the more concerning thing is the two people mentioned above. Didn't that Miyamizu guy already say he has a girlfriend? And now that he's so close to Satsuki, isn't he worried that his girlfriend might mind? This is so suspicious!"

"But wasn't it Mayu who took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Miyamizu-kun just now?"

"..."

In silence, the three of them watched the two people walking further and further away. They looked at each other and followed them silently.

When they arrived at the private school, Tsubota was a little surprised when he saw the two people walking in side by side. He thought of the girl named Nakano Satsuki the day before yesterday, who had asked questions about Miyamizu when she came. He suddenly "understood" the general situation.

"Two people dating and being in love shouldn't affect the situation at the private school, right?"

He was a little worried in his heart, but seeing that Miyamizu didn't pay much attention to the girl next to him, Tsubota felt that such a thing would not happen.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Tsubota, I had something to do yesterday, so I didn't come to the private school."

"It's okay. Did you watch the news?"

"Well, I'll take good notes on the news I read every day."

"Did you take notes? Not bad."

He stood up, took out a test paper from the light-colored drawer, and handed it to Xianren.

"This is the entrance exam for Meiji University last year. Try taking it first."

Nakano Satsuki, who was standing by, couldn't help but feel surprised after hearing what Tsubota said. He looked at Tsubota blankly as he handed the test paper to Kento. Then Kento took the test paper without hesitation, turned back to his seat, and started doing the test paper.

Watching the two of them talking normally, Nakano Satsuki felt...

"Hmm? Curious?"

Tsubota noticed the confused expression on Nakano Satsuki's face and asked with a smile.

"That... university entrance exam?"

"Yes, it's the university entrance exam, and it's the entrance exam for Sophia University, which is ranked in the top 50 private universities of the same department."

Nakano Satsuki stretched out her trembling finger and pointed at Xianren, then pointed at herself.

"...He and I are classmates. Is he ready to prepare for the university entrance exam?"

Thinking back to the questions he had asked Nakano Satsuki to do the day before yesterday and the results he had obtained, and then looking at Nakano Satsuki in front of him, and Kento who was sitting in his seat and had already started doing the questions, Tsubota's expression was a little subtle, and he was very confused in his heart.