Hikigaya Hachiman is still in the dark

"Ok, no problem."

After getting the approval, I got up and left Teacher Tian Xia's office.

Not long after, I found Liumei sitting on a chair next to the vending machine. Liumei held the warm coffee in her hands and kept blowing on her hands to keep herself warm. The air she exhaled turned into mist in the low temperature.

"Aren't you cold sitting in a place like this?" I bought a bottle of MAX coffee and sat next to Liumei.

"It's okay if you get used to it. My physique is not that weak."

"Is that so?" After pulling the ring of the coffee can, I took a sip of MAX coffee with enjoyment, and then carefully observed Liumei.

"Are you still bothered by Teacher Tian Xia's affairs?"

After I spoke, Liumei remained silent and did not respond to me. She was still holding her drink as before.

"You can't say no."

When I wanted to continue asking Liumei, Liumei finally spoke in a low voice.

"So you still care? After all, I didn't get your consent."

"Yeah, that's right. I really hate people who enter other people's lives as if nothing happened. Whether it's Tian Xia teacher or Niwa, I hate them both."

"Even if they mean well?"

"Yeah." Liu Mei nodded slightly and looked towards the school's atrium.

"Everyone's life trajectory is different. Everyone has their own timeline and worldline. Why do you deliberately enter other people's lives? Why do you deliberately enter other people's world and time? If the other person hates this, then no matter what the original purpose is, that person is just a self-righteous person."

"That's right." I did not deny Liu Mei. I still agreed with Liu Mei's remarks because there are indeed many people who hurt many irrelevant people simply because of their kindness. What Niwa did to Liu Mei is a good example. From Niwa's words, I can now almost confirm that he likes Liu Mei, and what he did was probably for Liu Mei, but the reality is that what he did brought a lot of distress to Liu Mei, and at the same time, it also greatly hurt Liu Mei.

"But what you said is not entirely right." After hearing what I said slowly, Liumei looked at me in confusion.

"Is something wrong?"

"That's right, but if you want to change something, you have to do something. Even if it's self-righteous, if you want to express something, you can't change anything by doing nothing. Even if it's a self-righteous idea, if you don't implement it, it will only remain at the level of an idea. If you just hold on to this idea, you won't hurt others, but at the same time, you will never get what you want."

"Can you understand what I mean?"

"I understand. It's not something difficult to understand." There was a hint of complaint in Liu Mei's voice. It seemed that her attitude had changed a little.

"Of course, I have no intention of clearing their name. I just think that if they apologize to you, you should forgive them as much as possible. If you just keep spinning in your own world, even if you own the whole world, you are still just one person who has a dream of traveling around the world."

After hearing what I said, Liu Mei looked into the distance thoughtfully.

"Besides, when people get along with each other, they will get hurt no matter what. If they get too close, they will hurt each other, but if they deliberately keep their distance, they will also hurt each other. So, Liumei, if you really decide to change something, pain is inevitable...

Whether it's Niwa's matter or Tian Xia's matter, it's impossible to change without getting hurt. Even now, if I know what I want to know, I can't guarantee that no one will get hurt by my method. Are you really willing to bear it? "When I said this, my expression became serious. I promised to stay in the United States before that I would not hurt myself, but I can't guarantee that my method will not hurt other people. There is no perfect plan in the world. It's just that the things that can make your plan fail didn't happen.

Liu Mei didn't say anything else, but just stood up and walked towards the school gate.

Did Liu Mei finally decide to give up? Give up the chance to change and continue living alone? In this case, Niwa's problem would be much easier to solve. Maybe, let Liu Mei voluntarily withdraw from the student union and have no contact with Niwa forever, that would be enough hhh...

"Hachiman, what are you thinking about? Didn't you come out here just to let me go back and accept Teacher Tian Xia's apology?"

Liu Mei walked to the trash can over there and threw the can in her hand, then came back and spoke to me.

Seeing that I was stunned, Liu Mei chuckled and then gently tapped my back with her hand.

"Isn't this what you expected? You came out to ease the awkwardness between me and Teacher Tian Xia, didn't you, Hachiman?"

Liu Mei's voice was deliberately lengthened, and one could tell at the moment that she was trying to be cute.

"You saw through me." I stood up and said.

"Didn't you see through me, Hachiman?" Rumi winked at me, "Didn't you just come out not long ago and find me so quickly?"

"Well, I just thought you would be here." I answered honestly. In fact, I didn't think about it too much, and then I came here, and I didn't know why.

"So, that's it. Hachiman, you don't have to explain anything deliberately!"

My honest answer was met with a more playful response from Liumei.

What is this? Why do I feel like I'm being seen through? This feeling is super weird, as if my rhythm is controlled by the other person, being controlled... But before that, I need to reconfirm some things.

"Liumei, are you really willing to forgive Teacher Tian Xia? Isn't it because of me?"

Although I agreed to stay in the U.S., I still don't want to decide my decision to stay in the U.S. because of other people. To forgive or not to forgive should be a person's own matter, and one should not change his or her original idea because of others.

"Of course it's my own idea, Hachiman, what are you thinking about!" Liu Mei looked at me and said, "Or can you overturn your previous theory for my feelings?"

Emmmm, I think it’s better for me to stay quiet. Although such a lively study in the United States is also very good (very exciting), I always feel that I can’t handle such a study in the United States…

If you say you are not moved, that is all fake/(/ /o/ω/o/ /)/

Chapter 193 Hikigaya Hachiman Gets the Information He Wants

When I arrived at the entrance of Teacher Tian Xia's office, I paused before knocking on the door and turned my gaze to Liumei. When Liumei saw me stop, she nodded vigorously at me.

It seemed that she was serious, so I nodded to her and opened the office door.

Teacher Tian Xia in the office looked a little nervous. She was sitting in her chair uneasily.

"Um, Teacher Tian Xia." Seeing Teacher Tian Xia becoming a little nervous because of the presence of me and Liu Mei, I reminded her.

"Ah, um..." Teacher Tian Xia looked as if she had just reacted. If you say this, doesn't it show that you care a lot?

"Um, Tsurumi-san." Teacher Tian Xia looked at Liu Mei closely and finally spoke after a long time.

"Well, hello, Teacher Tian Xia." Liu Mei greeted Teacher Tian Xia obediently.

Wouldn't it have been better at the beginning? After a round, it still became what it is now. Well, this is what I am happy to see. As a teacher, I can understand Teacher Tian Xia's feelings. I did something for my students, but in the end I was misunderstood by them. Even if it was me, I would probably feel uncomfortable.

"I'm sorry, Tsurumi-san, before..." Seeing Liumei greet her, Teacher Tian Xia looked very happy, but then she immediately looked at Liumei with an apologetic look.

"Really? It's okay. I did care about it at the beginning, but now I don't care much about it anymore. And I was also wrong just now. I'm really sorry." Liu Mei also bowed and apologized to Teacher Tian Xia.

Yeah, this is the right rhythm. If the novel has an ending like this, it would be a happy ending!

"Really? I'm glad you don't mind." After receiving the understanding of the students studying in the United States, Teacher Tian Xia spoke happily.

This couldn’t be better!

"Thank you. By the way, you haven't introduced yourself to me yet?" Teacher Tian Xia said to me.

It's true that I haven't introduced myself yet. I was so focused on studying in the United States that I didn't pay attention to myself. This was really a mistake.

"Are you Tsurumi-san's boyfriend?"

Words that must never appear appeared. No matter what, such words are an absolute taboo for teachers and students!

After hearing what Teacher Tian Xia said, Liu Mei immediately blushed and hid aside.

"Are you shy? Although dating in high school is not a good thing, I think it is still very normal. Tsurumi-san, you have a good vision. It is rare to meet such outstanding men nowadays." Teacher Tian Xia seemed to understand a lot, and there was even some approval in her eyes.

Wait, Teacher Tian Xia, are you going too far? Also, are you focusing on something different? Besides, you are advocating love now! Please don't do this. If the number of couples increases, do you know how much harm it will cause to the people at the bottom of society for no reason?

"Well, Teacher Tian Xia, Liu Mei and I don't have this kind of relationship..." I scratched my head awkwardly.

"Oh, isn't it? Aren't the ways you address each other very intimate? So, aren't you a couple?"

Calling someone by their first name does have a close meaning, but it doesn't mean that two people are lovers just by saying their first name. Teacher Tian Xia, do you have any strange misunderstandings? Moreover, I also have a nickname "Liu Mei Liu Mei". If you hear me calling Liu Mei like this, wouldn't it mean that we are a couple?

"Of course we are not lovers. What about the relationship between us? Are we old friends or something like that?"

"What are you talking about!"

As a result, my answer caused the Chinese student to roll his eyes. What my old friend said was indeed correct, but I felt that something was not right. Oh, it was really troublesome!

"It's just an ordinary friendship. If I have to say, it should be a relationship like best friends!"

Liu Mei blushed and said to Teacher Tian Xia, "Wait, there was nothing wrong at the beginning, but at the end, did you add something weird? Girlfriends or something, that's really too much! And your blushing face is really not convincing at all, it makes me feel embarrassed..."

"Hey, is this the kind of relationship?" Tian Xia looked at Liu Mei and me suspiciously.

"That's not the case, Teacher Tian Xia, please don't misunderstand me."

Don't look at me with such strange eyes just because of such a simple sentence, Teacher Tian Xia, can you please not trust others so easily!

"Eh, because don't you two seem very close?"

There is nothing wrong with that, but it is not like that either!

"It's not like that. The relationship between me and the Chinese students in the United States is just that of teacher and student." I couldn't stand it anymore, so I told the truth.

"Eh!"

Then I got a very puzzling surprise.

"Teacher Tian Xia, Liu Mei and I are indeed in a teacher-student relationship. Don't you believe it?"

"It's not that I don't believe you, but you still look very young. You two really look more like a couple than a teacher and student."

Hearing this, I don’t know whether I should be happy or sad.

"That's not the case. I just graduated, so I look relatively young."

"That's it!"

Teacher Tian Xia seemed to believe what I said, while Liu Mei looked at me from the side and then looked away. Wait, did I say something wrong? Why are you angry?

"You just graduated? That would make sense. And since you're so close to Tsurumi-san, you might be a good teacher."

It just happened that we knew each other before. Teacher Tian Xia, please don’t think too much about it. Now I am also worried all day long about how to communicate with my students.

"So, why are you here today? It shouldn't be just because you miss your alma mater, right?" Teacher Tian Xia looked at us and asked her question.

"Well, we do have something to talk about." Liumei and I looked at each other. Liumei was just here to accompany me, so she didn't know exactly what I was going to do.

"In fact, we have something we would like to ask Teacher Tian Xia for help." I looked at Teacher Tian Xia sincerely. Originally, this matter would be quite difficult if I were to do it alone, but with the help of Teacher Tian Xia, maybe I could solve this matter more easily.

"I would like to ask Teacher Tian Xia, do you have any impression of a person named Niwa Feng?"

"Niwa Feng?" Teacher Tian Xia looked at us in confusion: "Why do you want to know about him? As for my impression, I do have a little bit, but I want to know what your purpose is in wanting to know about him. Otherwise, I am afraid I can't tell you due to my professional ethics as a teacher."

There is nothing wrong with that. After all, they are students of my school. If two of them suddenly asked for information or something, it would feel a bit too suspicious.

But here, I couldn't tell them directly about the college violence I encountered while studying in the United States. For a moment, I stood there, not knowing how to start.

"Well, that's it, almost. We have something very important to do." I said hesitantly, but my hesitation made Teacher Tian Xia even more suspicious, and the way she looked at me was already a little wary.

"Now Niwa is in the same class as me, so I want to know some things about his past. Teacher Tian Xia, you don't have to force it. Just tell me some things casually."

"Is that so? Is he in the same class with you now? How is he now? Is he still worried about his obesity?"

"Obese?" What's this? Liumei and I looked at Teacher Tian Xia in surprise, because no matter how you look at it, this fact is too shocking. It's impossible to imagine that Niwa is obese. It's really unbelievable.

"What's wrong? You look so surprised. Did Niwa succeed in losing weight? If so, it would really make me happy. That kid was always worried about his health before. If he really succeeded in losing weight, I would have to congratulate him!" Teacher Tian Xia said with a smile. From her voice, I could feel that she was really happy for Niwa.

If my students are making progress and changing for the better, then it’s not surprising that they would have such a reaction…

"If Niwa was fat before, then it is indeed the case now. Niwa is much more handsome now."

"Really? It turns out he really did it." Teacher Tian Xia exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right." I continued, feeling that I was about to find the clue I had been looking for. "So, Mr. Tian Xia, can you tell me a little about Niwa's previous personality?"

"His previous personality? Niwa-san used to give people the impression that he was a bit shy and didn't like to talk to others. It was probably because he felt inferior to his body. His grades were not very good because he was fat, not to mention sports. But I am sure he is a very kind person, because I have come into contact with him and know this child. It was probably because of his inferiority complex that he seemed afraid to talk to others. Yes, can you tell me how the child is doing now?"

"This is actually quite simple. If you reverse what you said completely, you will get Niwa's current appearance."

Judging from the description, he has really changed a lot. It is totally hard to believe that this is the previous Niwa. Is the reason like humans are fickle animals?

"That's really good. The child has always been kind, and I don't think he is without ability. He just doesn't dare to show himself." Teacher Tian Xia continued, her eyes becoming more gentle than ever before.

"That's right."

I casually agreed with Teacher Tian Xia, while Liu Mei, who was standing beside me, glared at me fiercely.

Sure enough, Liu Mei Liu Mei still dislikes Niwa's affairs. This is not bad. Ahem...Hikigaya Hachiman, what's wrong with you? Has the man you used to be fallen? I dismissed the random thoughts in my mind and took the initiative to say to Teacher Tian Xia.

"Okay, I understand. It's getting late today, so let's go back first."

"Okay, I'm almost leaving too."

After Liumei and I left the junior high school where she attended, we came to the ramen shop of Orisuma's family. I originally wanted to send Liumei back, but she seemed to want to eat another bowl of ramen, so I asked her to call her grandfather and took her to the ramen shop of Orisuma's family.

Chapter 194: Reiko Orisuma begs for forgiveness

"Hey, little brother, you're here again today? Ah, isn't this the little girl from last time? You're here today too."

Not quite used to the boss's enthusiastic greeting, Liu Mei looked a little awkward. She was probably thinking about how she should respond to her boss.

"Um, hello, boss..."