I won't be a loser.

"I'm already in a relationship—"

splash--

He threw the teacup in his hand towards Xianren, and the tea inside poured all over his face. The tea dripped from his face, but Xianren was not surprised at all. He reached out and wiped off the insignificant tea on his face. His face was calm, without any anger.

Looking at the calm sage, the man narrowed his eyes, groaned, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"As a father, it's natural to feel angry about what happened to your daughter, if that helps you feel better."

Feng Xiaochun found a doctor to save him, and all these relationships were based on the connections and power of the man in front of him. In other words, the man in front of him could be considered his savior, and Xianren had no right to complain.

"What a gift, a gift is a return, a favor is a return!" When you receive help from others, you must return the favor.

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A favor must be repaid, and a favor must be returned! —Kento Miyamizu!

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When the Summer Cicadas Chirp: 278. I'm Watching You

With the fragrance of tea still on his face, he looked at Feng Xiaochun's father in front of him, and thought seriously about his relationship with Feng Xiaochun, and how to deal with it now.

The teacup was put back on the table. Feng Xiaochun's father placed one hand on the table and tapped the table lightly with his index finger, making a dull sound.

Duh, duh, duh...

His gaze fell on Xianren. Looking at the still young boy, he slowly narrowed his eyes.

"She's my daughter. As long as she's my daughter, I have the obligation and responsibility to ensure the continuation of the family business and to ensure its continued success. Originally, I was planning to find an outstanding young person in the company while she was in college to become her fiancé and marry into my family to inherit my business."

It is undeniable that after hearing the other party's words, Xianren's heart was slightly moved. Looking at the other party, his brows unconsciously frowned.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and calmed himself down.

"But later I found out she had someone she loved. I didn't mind her choosing her own husband. It was her right. As her father, I had no reason to stop her, but..."

He glanced up and down at the wise man sitting opposite him. The man looked very disappointed. He closed his eyes and sighed softly.

The other party's attitude is clear at a glance.

"Don't you think about defending yourself?"

Opening his eyes again, the man looked at the silent sage.

The young man hadn't said a word since entering the tea room until now. He would rather hear the other party's self-defense.

"As for Xiaochun, I don't deny that my behavior was a bit excessive. I have always treated her feelings with a perfunctory attitude and never gave her a positive answer. This has continued day after day until today."

The man didn't say anything, but just put his hand on the teacup, pinching it lightly with his fingers, as if he was enduring something.

"Maybe it's possessiveness, or maybe I simply like the feeling of being with her. When I'm with Xiaochun, I don't have any feelings of dislike for her, even though she has some special quirks."

Thinking of his daughter's special hobby, and then thinking of the photos of boys that often floated out in front of the door of his daughter's room, the man's hand that was clenched on the teacup loosened a little and didn't hold it so tightly.

Although he had a deep prejudice against Xianren and had always ignored his daughter's special hobby, he thought of the boy in front of him, who not only knew his daughter's hobby, but also seemed to accept Xiaochun's special hobby calmly, which made the man feel a little emotional.

Even though he was Xiaochun's father, it was difficult for him to understand why his daughter had such a special interest.

From a purely male perspective, it would probably be difficult for him to accept someone following him all the time and filming his every word and action.

"What do you want to say?"

"I really enjoy being with Feng Xiaochun. Could you please entrust your daughter to me, Father?"

He got up from his seat and shouted loudly.

The man sitting in the tea room was also stunned. Although he had been in business for a long time, his brain was in a mess at this moment. The sudden words of the wise man disrupted all his thoughts in his mind. He could not even analyze the basic logic. He sat in the tea room in a daze, looking at the young man sitting at the bottom of the table. After a long silence, he suddenly stood up.

"......"

Looking at Xianren coldly, he stood up and walked towards the door, leaving Xianren alone in the tea room for a long time.

After a while, the footsteps were heard again.

But compared to the previous footsteps, they were much slower. The shoji was pushed open again, and soft footsteps came to the side of the wise man, with a familiar fragrance emanating from the side.

Feng Xiaochun squatted down, pressed the shutter, and took a picture of the wise man sitting on the ground.

"Aren't you tired?"

"Kind of."

He sat up straight again and looked at Feng Xiaochun who was squatting beside him.

"Where is your father?"

"Haven't you already called me father?"

"Did you hear everything?"

"It was so loud that it could be heard clearly in the next room. My mother and I were stunned. So, should I call you 'dear' now?"

Looking at Feng Xiaochun squatting beside him, Xianren felt a little awkward when he learned from her that she had been next door and had heard what he said, but he did not feel embarrassed at all.

"So, what's the situation now?"

"My mother is very curious about Xianren, and my father is very angry with him, so he invited Xianren to visit our home to understand your feelings for me and to see if I have been deceived."

"Then?"

"Mother called you 'dangerous,' Xianren, and Father called you 'scum,' neither of which were very kind."

The delicate little hand reached out to the sage and plucked a piece of tea leaf from his head.

"But none of that stopped me from continuing to date you. Originally, my father wasn't very interested in you, but your final reaction surprised him a little, so he wanted to give you more time and opportunities to see how far you can go."

Regarding this, Xianren probably understood today's process, which was probably a "test" for him. After their first meeting and the test results, he seemed to have passed, so he did not intend to stop him from dating Xiaochun.

"Passed?"

"In my heart, Xianren has always been excellent and very excellent."

The girl came up to the wise man and kissed him lightly on the cheek.

Afterwards, Feng Xiaochun took Xianren around her home, but did not see Feng Xiaochun's father and mother again. When the time was almost up, Feng Xiaochun asked the driver to take her and Xianren back to the vicinity of his apartment.

He got out of the car, said goodbye to Feng Xiaochun again, hugged her, and watched the girl leave.

When I turned and walked towards the apartment——

The girl standing not far away looked at Xianren calmly, and her eyes met with Xianren's who had just turned around for a moment. Qingpu Setsuna was calm and did not show any surprise or anger, while Xianren was also a little surprised that the other party was right in front of him.

After looking at each other for a while, Qingpu Setsuna slowly turned around and walked towards her apartment. Xianren looked at her back and opened his mouth.

After a moment, he walked towards his apartment silently.

"Today, are you also going to meet that girl from yesterday?"

After entering the house, Miyamizu Futaba, who was preparing dinner, saw the returning wise man and asked casually.

"No, there isn't."

"is it?"

Miyamizu Futaba stared at the moist glow on Xianren's cheeks, was silent for a moment, looked down at the work at hand, washed her hands, found a towel, came to Xianren and handed it to him.

Looking at the towel in front of him, Xianren was stunned for a moment, not knowing what was wrong with his mother.

"On your face, lip balm."

"Lip balm..."

After a moment of hesitation, Xianren reacted and thought of Feng Xiaochun's light touch on his face. He took the towel from Miyamizu Futaba's hand and wiped his cheek.

"You're being with a girl like this...aren't you worried about what Setsuna will think?"

Worry?

Of course I'm worried.

How could he not worry?

After wiping his cheeks with a towel, Xianren quietly walked to his desk, opened a free video website, and started reading the latest news.

Miyamizu Futaba looked at her son and wanted to say something, but she hesitated.

Xianren, who was staring at the computer in a daze, did not notice his mother's expression. He realized in his heart that his mother was hiding something from him, but he still had no idea what it was, and he didn't care that much in his heart.

Xianren quietly watched the news being reported in front of him and the ordinary face of the female anchor, and closed his eyes.

"I've almost recovered. I'll go back to Itomori when the holidays come. There's no need to worry too much."

"Is it really okay?"

At night, when it was almost time to rest, Sanye called. Xianren, who had just come out of the bathroom and was about to lie down in his pajamas, had no choice but to answer her call.

Miyamizu Futaba glanced at the conversation between the brother and sister and did not say anything.

"If there's anything else, I'm in the hospital, not chatting with you right now."

"When does vacation start?"

"There's still about a week left. When the holiday comes, we'll be on guard that day. There's no need to rush."

"You and Mom?"

"Ah."

"Then... the other two, won't they come back with you?"

After thinking about it, Xianren felt that if he returned to Itomori, he probably wouldn't be able to take care of those two people. It wasn't summer now, it was winter now. Besides, his health was not very good now, so there was no reason for the two to follow him to Itomori.

"New Year's Day is coming soon, and it's just me and my mother."

"Okay, I get it now."

From the sound of her voice, she seemed a little disappointed, but Xianren would not change his decision just because of Mitsuha's disappointment.

After chatting with her for a while, I hung up the phone.

I put down my phone, lay down on the pillow, and closed my eyes...

"Is it him?"

"I heard he took a few months off, and was even asked to leave by men in black yesterday. He really is a very strange person."

"Young Master?"

"Isn't that the guy who wrote the book?"

“It feels more and more mysterious.”

The next day, on the way to school, when he was close to the school, he heard the whispers of people around him. The content was probably him, but there was a subtle sense of déjà vu. He didn't know how he became mysterious. It was a little difficult to understand for a while as he walked on the road.

I was under the gaze of everyone until I reached the school building, put on my indoor shoes and walked into the classroom, only then was I able to avoid those gazes.

Sitting in his seat, he didn't know how the information spread so quickly. At this rate, it wouldn't be long before he became a campus legend.

'Were these developments anticipated from the outset?'

Recalling that he was invited into the car in public yesterday, and noticing so many people talking about it today, Xianren couldn't help but suspect Feng Xiaochun.

But I feel that with Feng Xiaochun's personality, he would not do that.

The other person has a weak presence in school and doesn't like others to notice her existence. Rather than considering it as Feng Xiaochun's fault, it is better to say that it is the behavior of the other person's father.

There were some doubts in his heart, but he couldn't confirm them. The wise man sat in the classroom and remained in a state of deep thought until the class started. Only then did he slowly open his book and stop his thoughts...

"Were you asked to leave yesterday?"

"Have you heard about that too?"

After entering the laboratory, the topic did not stop. After hearing Futaba Rio's question, Xianren looked at the girl.

"The whole campus is talking about this topic. A high school student is suddenly asked to leave by a stranger who looks like a bodyguard. It's quite a topic no matter how you look at it, don't you think?"

"How can I possibly be interested in a topic when I'm the one at the center of it?"

"Is it that second-year senior?"

"Ok?"

Kento was a little surprised to hear what Futaba Rio said, and Futaba Rio confirmed her guess from Kento's reaction.

Although I don't know what the senior student did by "inviting" Xianren, but judging from Xianren's current reaction, it shouldn't be a big deal.