I won't be a loser.

"......"

Because it was already dark, Eriri called a taxi and took them to the stop in front of Kento's apartment. After getting out of the car, Eriri waved to Kento and walked towards home.

Under the cover of night, Xianren, standing on the platform, watched the girl's gradually receding figure. He was silent for a moment, sighed silently, and walked towards his apartment.

After returning to his apartment and entering his room, Xianren sat down, unbuttoned his school uniform and hung it on the hanger. Just as his butt touched the seat, the doorbell rang.

Ding Dong—ding, ding, ding Dong—

The sound was full of rapid rhythm and a bit disturbing to the neighbors, which made the wise man look towards the door. He quickly stood up, opened his door, and saw the person standing at the door.

Returning home very late again, Setsuna waited for Xianren at home for a long time. Looking at the dark apartment, she sat in her home depressed. After a while, she would come to the door and glance across at the opposite side. It made Qingpu Mai consider whether she should call Xianren to ask about it.

"came back."

There was a sudden sound at the door, and then the door was closed. Qingpu Wu looked towards the door, but her daughter was gone.

When she saw Xianren's apartment and waited for it to light up, Shanshan went straight out of her house and came to the door of Xianren's apartment. She gently poked the doorbell with her delicate white index finger to vent her dissatisfaction with waiting for a long time.

Ding, ding, ding-dong—the sounds continued, and soon footsteps were heard behind the door.

When the sound of unlocking the door rang out, and he was about to see Xianren, the dissatisfaction in his heart subsided a little. He considered how he should start the conversation, whether he should ask why the other party came home so late.

The door opened.

The wise man stood at the door and opened it. The moment he saw the girl standing at the door, he did not feel any surprise or surprise in his heart. Looking at the girl in front of him, he smiled at her as usual.

"Good evening, Setsuna. Come in."

He pushed the door open a little, inviting the girl into his house as he did in the past, but he found that after seeing him, Shanna stared at him intently, and did not enter the house immediately after opening the door.

"What's wrong?"

Standing at the door, Shanna said nothing, but just looked at the wise man in front of him quietly, and then quietly entered the house, making the wise man a little confused for a moment.

After closing the door again and entering the house, I saw Setsuna enter the bathroom, take out a wet towel, walk in front of Xianren, stretch out her left hand, and speak——

"Head, lower your head."

Xianren lowered his head in confusion, watching Setsuna put the wet towel on the side of her face and wipe it carefully. The atmosphere gradually became awkward.

As he looked at the person in front of him staring at him intently and wiping his face with a towel, Xianren remembered what happened in the private room of the restaurant.

I wanted to explain, but I didn't know how to explain it for a moment.

Seeing the serious expression on Setsuna's face as he wiped the clothes in front of him, his gentle and careful movements, Xianren couldn't help but feel a little ashamed in his heart...

- - - -

The pillow was too high and I didn't sleep well, so I didn't dream.

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Cherry Blossom Season: 114. He has always been good at time management.

When she was with Sayuri, even Sayuri couldn't help but ask about his relationship with strange women after seeing him chatting with them. But when it came to Setsuna, she knew clearly that he had relationships with other women, but she never asked.

The wise man, who had already planned to explain the situation, was so inexplicably depressed that he didn't know how to react for a moment.

Looking at the girl in front of him, he gently wiped her face clean, then put the wet towel back into the bathroom, soaked the towel in hot water, and returned to the living room.

"dinner?"

“It’s already been used outside.”

"That's it."

"Have you and Miss Mai already had dinner?"

"Ah."

He calmly asked about Setsuna and Kiyoura Mai, and Setsuna answered calmly. It was a very ordinary daily question, but it made the communication seem a little dry. Kento didn't know how to start the conversation, so he looked at Setsuna in front of him and was silent for a while.

I want to say something, but I don’t know what to say.

"Miss Wu, are you at home now?"

"Ah."

He turned his head to look at the alarm clock on his desk and found that it was still early and not time to rest. He didn't know what he should write now. Even if he wanted to rest, it was not time to rest yet. He just wanted to meet Qingpu Mai.

"I just happen to have something I want to discuss with Miss Mai. Let's go to your house first."

His eyes fell on Shanna, Xianren smiled slightly, and walked towards the door. Shanna looked at Xianren, standing silently in the middle of the living room. After a moment, he followed Xianren's footsteps and left the living room together.

The two of them came to Qingpu's house together. Qingpu Wu was sitting in the living room, wondering whether Xianren was with Setsuna at this time and what they were doing. Suddenly, the sound of the door opening was heard at the door. Looking towards the door, she saw Xianren entering the house.

"Hmm? Kento...Setsuna?"

Seeing the two of them coming home together, she was not surprised that Setsuna came back, but she did not expect that Xianren would also come home. At this time, his sudden arrival at home made Qingpu Mai alert all of a sudden, worried that her daughter was here to confront her.

"Good evening, Miss Mai. Sorry to bother you."

"Evening...Okay, Xianren, are you just getting home now? Have you had dinner yet?"

Qingpu Wu stared at Setsuna for a while and found that Setsuna's expression was calm and seemed a little absent-minded. He did not focus his attention on herself, which made Qingpu Wu feel slightly relieved and looked at Xianren.

"I've already had dinner, but I just wanted to ask Miss Mai some questions, so I came to bother you."

"It's a bit too much to bother you. If you just have some questions, you can just call me... So, what's the problem?"

Looking at Qing Pu Mai standing in the living room, and then glancing at Setsuna beside him, Xianren felt a headache. He was silent for a moment, and without avoiding Setsuna beside him, he slowly spoke -

That night, the lights in Qingpu's house were on until late at night. It was not until after ten o'clock that the door of Qingpu's house opened. Xianren came to the door alone. Shanna stood behind him, watching Xianren leave. She stared at Xianren silently.

"Then...see you tomorrow."

Looking back at Shanna, Xianren smiled. The girl standing at the door nodded sullenly, watched Xianren turn around and leave, and she closed the door.

As for Xianren, who had left Qingpu's house, he felt a little relieved. He quietly returned to his apartment, went straight into the bathroom, took a shower, dried his hair, and lay down on his bed to rest.

Thanks to an in-depth and candid conversation with Qingpu's mother and daughter at night, Xianren had a good dream, at least it was a good dream at the beginning. However, at the end of the dream, the sudden appearance of the bright white knife light and the burst of scarlet made Xianren open his eyes all of a sudden, his body trembled, and he woke up in shock.

I opened my eyes and looked out the window. I found that it was still dawn, so I closed my eyes and lay back down on the bed.

But no matter how hard I closed my eyes or how I lay down, I found that I couldn't fall asleep. The flash of knife light in my dream was too awakening.

He sat up from the bed in a depressed mood and found that it was only 4:50 in the morning, not even 5 o'clock. Xianren sat up silently, turned on the lights in the room in his pajamas, and sat down at his desk.

"As expected, there are still some emotional entanglements. She is dating him, but she also likes him. The relationship between these three characters can always lead to countless stories."

She has a boyfriend of the same age, but at the same time she has a longing and yearning for a gentle and tolerant adult male teacher. Xianren feels that this is the correct way to describe such a simple girl's feelings.

He picked up the manuscript paper again, looked at what he had written before, and continued writing.

It was not until five forty in the morning that the doorbell suddenly rang. Xianren, who was writing, suddenly frowned and looked towards the door.

At this time, Setsuna should not have gotten up yet, right?

Neighbor?

But he had no contact with his neighbor on weekdays. The other party seemed to work in a shady company and came home very late every day. He would go out a little later than him in the early morning. He rarely saw him at home on weekends.

They shouldn't be his neighbors, as they are probably still asleep at this moment.

With doubts in his heart, he arrived at the door of his apartment. When he opened the door of his room, he saw the world of Saionji appear in front of him, which made Xianren feel confused.

"Saionji... Is there something wrong so early in the morning?"

"Now, you can just call me Sekai. Um... I just woke up at home and when I looked out the window, I saw the lights on in Xianren's apartment, so I got up early and went out."

"..."

After resting on Sunday and Monday, Saionji Sekai's body has almost recovered. However, when she sees the person in front of her, she still can't help but think of what happened on Saturday, and her face flushes with shame.

She never thought that she would lose her important first time like this, especially when she was with Setsuna...

But when she looked at the wise man in front of her, she felt that such an absurd and inexplicable development was not unacceptable.

"Come in first."

Looking at Saionji Sekai standing at his door, there was still a thin mist outside. Even though it was no longer winter, it was still a bit cold. He let the girl into his apartment and closed the door casually. The two came to the living room, and Xianren poured a cup of tea and handed it to the girl.

The girl entered the house, took the tea handed to her by the wise man, and looked around the house. She did not see Setsuna, which made her feel a little relieved.

To be honest, she was also very worried that when she entered Xianren's room, she would see Setsuna's figure on Xianren's bed.

He took a sip of the tea in his hand, his eyes fell on the thick stack of manuscript paper on the desk, and the pen placed on the manuscript paper. Saionji Sekai slowly walked to the desk, his eyes fell on the desk, and saw the content that seemed to have just been written.

"Mito-kun's father became a joint guarantor for his friend, so the debt was transferred to him. The debt collectors kept chasing him to his workplace, making it impossible for him to continue working."

Looking at the contents on the manuscript paper, Saionji Sekai's attention was suddenly attracted. Just when she was about to continue reading, she heard footsteps beside her. She raised her head and her eyes met with the wise man beside her.

"Um, am I disturbing the wise man's creation?"

"It's not really a bother. Normally, you'd just be awake by this time. Did you have breakfast before you left?"

After asking Saionji Sekai, Xianren picked up the manuscript papers on his desk and put them in his drawer. His eyes fell on Saionji Sekai and asked.

"not yet."

"Then let's have breakfast here. It's a good opportunity for us to have breakfast together."

Having breakfast with the wise man, something that used to happen only in dreams, now happened like this, making Saionji Sekai feel like her whole body became light. Looking at the wise man in front of her, she nodded implicitly.

Preparing breakfast is not a troublesome task for Xianren. It will not make any difference if there is one more person or one less person. Seeing that Xiyuanji Sekai does not have breakfast, Xianren just prepares one more breakfast.

After taking out the ingredients from the refrigerator and preparing breakfast, Xianren stood at the kitchen counter and quietly started cooking, while Saionji Sekai stood in the living room, watching Xianren preparing breakfast, with a gleam in her eyes.

"Is that a new work of Xianren?"

"Ok?"

The wise man who was preparing breakfast slowly raised his head and looked at the girl in the living room. After thinking for a moment, he nodded slightly.

"Ah."

"It doesn't look like a happy story."

"It's a little story that's a bit heavy, but it should be relatively healing."

"cure?"

Xianren didn't explain too much. He smiled and lowered his head again to continue preparing breakfast. Meanwhile, Saionji Sekai was thinking about the meaning of "healing" that Xianren mentioned, but didn't quite understand what this healing meant.

After thinking for a while, he still couldn't understand the world of Saionji, so he simply gave up thinking and turned his attention back to Xianren.

Looking at Xianren preparing breakfast alone, such a virtuous boy, a warm current surged in my heart. I wanted to do something to Xianren, but I was afraid of causing his dissatisfaction, so I restrained myself and sat in the living room, watching him quietly.

I don’t know how many times Setsuna had looked at Xianren like this. Saionji Sekai sat quietly in the living room. Just looking at Xianren, Saionji Sekai couldn’t help but feel a little sad in her heart.

"Okay, wash your hands and get ready for dinner."

After about half an hour, breakfast was ready. Simple fried fish and miso were brought to the table. Pickles, or pickled vegetables, were put into a small dish and placed on the table. Xian then sat down and quietly enjoyed his breakfast.

Looking at the breakfast prepared by the wise man himself, Xiyuanji Sekai felt a surge of warmth and satisfaction in his heart. He silently picked up the wooden chopsticks, picked up the fried fish, placed it on the snow-white warm rice, and put it into his mouth.

Without paying too much attention to the world of Saionji, Xianren stared quietly at the food in front of him and quietly ate his breakfast.

“It tastes good.”

"As long as it suits your taste."

He raised his head and glanced at Saionji Sekai, smiled, and continued to enjoy his breakfast.

There weren't many topics between the two of them. Saionji Sekai didn't know how to bring up what happened on Saturday. Even she herself didn't know how to face what had happened.

They sat in the living room like this until breakfast was over, and the two didn't talk much.

"Is the wise man preparing a lunch?"

After breakfast, Xianren quietly cleaned up the table, found the lunch box, and put some of the remaining food into it.

"Well, in this case, there's no need to worry about lunch."

He put the food into the lunch box and placed a pickled plum on the rice. Xianren closed the lunch box, wrapped it with furoshiki, put it into his schoolbag, and looked back at the world of Saionji in front of him.

"Saionji... No, Sekai, were you and Setsuna also killed when you were in school?"

"Hmm? Well, Setsuna and I will both bring lunch boxes, but we're in a rush today... We can use the bread from the store for lunch."

"Didn't you bring your lunch?"

Looking at the girl in front of him, Xianren was a little surprised. He was silent for a moment, looked back, took out another lunch box from his cupboard, and prepared another lunch.

It was wrapped in a furoshiki and handed to Sekai Saionji.