Hikigaya Hachiman is still in the dark

My apology resulted in Xiao Xueno and Xiao Qi twisting their bodies a little uncomfortably, probably because they felt embarrassed. Xiao Xueno quickly helped me up.

"It's just a small favor, no need to take it so seriously."

"If we do this, it's a little bit..." Xiaoqi also said hesitantly.

"Nothing." I shook my head. "Xiao Qi and Xiao Xueno have their own things to do, I know that, so I'm really happy that you can help me." I said sincerely with a smile from the bottom of my heart.

At this time, Xiao Xueno also laughed: "I have been troubled by you all the time, and I am used to such things, so it doesn't matter."

"Wait, why are you saying that again? I've helped with all sorts of things!"

"Well, thank you for your hard work all the time." Unexpectedly, neither Xiao Xueno nor Xiao Qi continued to deny me. Xiao Xueno looked at me with a reassuring smile, and although Xiao Qi didn't smile, he also looked at me with a reassuring smile.

"So you have to keep working hard, Manager Yuigahama." Yukino said gently, deliberately prolonging the last two words.

Facing the gazes of Xiaoqi and Xiaoyukino, I waved my hand as if I was taking an oath.

"Of course!" I tried to raise my voice, as if I was afraid that the two people in front of me couldn't hear me clearly.

Of course, our past, our present, and our future will always be so beautiful!

Chapter 83 Are you kidding?

It was just past 10 o'clock when I helped Yuigahama deal with the matters concerning opening the store. But I can understand that, although we talked for a long time, Yuigahama came too early, so after a very time-consuming discussion on the specific matters concerning opening the store, there was still plenty of time. Speaking of which, Yuigahama must have come so early because she wanted to see Yukinoshita very much. The two of them have had a very good relationship since the past.

I have to say that my luck has been bad recently as I happened to run into me walking out of Yukinoshita's house. Although it was explained clearly later, I really didn't expect that Yuigahama would misunderstand that I would live with Yukinoshita.

What a joke! Let alone living together, just living in the same apartment with Yukinoshita has almost made me collapse. If I marry Yukinoshita, it will be a completely sunless scene. It's scary just to think about it. Besides, I'm going to be a househusband. If I marry Yukinoshita, no need to think too much, it will definitely be the end of my dream!

Fortunately, the misunderstanding was resolved, and it seems that Yuigahama will not have such excessive delusions in the future.

I have to say that Yuigahama has a very rich imagination. She can even come up with such impossible delusions. It seems that I should be more careful with her in the future, otherwise I always feel that I will be involved in some inexplicable trouble.

Looking at Yuigahama now, because she has solved all her problems, she is now sitting very comfortably with Yukinoshita, seemingly discussing something. I have seen such scenes countless times before graduating from high school. After graduation, I thought I would never see it again. I didn't expect to see such a simple yet heartwarming scene again today.

The current scene might be a continuation of the past.

Of course, there are still big differences between now and the past. If it were in the past, I would never associate Yuigahama with entrepreneurship, so when I heard Yuigahama say today that she was going to open a flower shop, Yukinoshita and I were so shocked, because if it was Yuigahama, I think she would be a waitress in the future. Although running a flower shop is indeed very suitable for Yuigahama, in my impression, Yuigahama is probably an employee who sells flowers with a smile in the flower shop. If she is the boss, it always feels a little strange.

If you think about it carefully, it seems completely explainable how Yuigahama has grown to where she is now. Although she is stupid, she has been working hard. During the trip to the Ocean Park that day, the cookies she showed at the end, although they did not reach the level of Yukinoshita, but on the other hand, I could also see Yuigahama's efforts in that cookie.

I guess Yuigahama has been working hard in her own way over the past few years, growing step by step, so she can reach such a height.

It feels like those who work hard will always have help from others, so I will also try my best to help Yuigahama.

"Speaking of which, Yukino, if you help me with the store matters, what will you do? If I remember correctly, you should still be looking for a job now." Yuigahama looked at Yukinoshita worriedly, perhaps feeling a little bad for Yukinoshita to help her before she had even settled her own job.

"It's not a big problem. I just returned home from work and I don't want to start working too soon. Besides, with someone who doesn't keep his word, I don't have to worry too much about my life."

Wait, isn't this saying that I am willing to sacrifice myself for you? Hey, this person over here, please go out and work quickly!

"Someone over there, you seem to be dissatisfied." Yukinoshita looked at me sideways, "Although I apologize, don't forget the fact that you were late, and as a reward for correcting your character, this reward is only natural!"

"It's clearly an act of robbery, why can you say it so confidently?" I responded to Yukinoshita with dissatisfaction.

"Eh?" It's cute to tilt your head, but why use a question mark? Don't you realize how overbearing your behavior is?

"Isn't that natural?"

This person is really infuriating. It's like he thought I liked her when we first met. Although she is indeed a beautiful girl, don't get carried away!

"Well, it doesn't matter. If Xiaoqi feels that it's difficult, I will give you the money as soon as I have some spare money after I open the store."

“Yuigahama…” I looked at Yuigahama whose voice was getting smaller and smaller for some reason. My expression now was probably like that of a trapped person who met a traveler with water in the desert.

"Wait Yuigahama, when you first start a business you have to ensure that you have a complete capital chain."

"What do you mean?" Yuigahama looked at Yukinoshita in confusion, as if she could not understand the concept of capital chain.

"You just can't lend the money out. Don't look at that person. For the time being, he is considered a successful person now, so this amount of money shouldn't be a big problem."

Damn you, Yukinoshita, can you please stop blocking my way? Although you were right when you said that about Yuigahama, why did you feel so comfortable with me? And you even said I was a successful person! I just wrote a novel, and was almost killed by the party that urged me to update!

If you don't really face the party that urges you to update, how can you know how terrifying they are? Speaking of which, Senior Ai Shang has been able to persist for so many years under the urging of the party that urges you to update. He is indeed a very capable person.

"Also, Yuigahama..."

Yukinoshita made a hesitant sound and twisted her body uncomfortably. Yuigahama turned to look at her after hearing her voice and said, "What's wrong?"

Yukinoshita's face turned red unnaturally. She turned her head away and didn't look at Yuigahama. Then, Yukinoshita's voice came again intermittently: "Well, there are still many vacant rooms here. It's not too long a drive from here to your store. If possible, can you move here?"

"Eh." Yuigahama was obviously stunned for a moment, and it seemed that she didn't understand what was going on.

"If you don't want to, forget it."

"No, I'm definitely not unwilling. Rather, I feel very happy to hear Yukino say that." Yuigahama excitedly reached out and grabbed Yukinoshita's hand: "Then when we go downstairs to look at the decoration today, we can find someone to help move the things here. I don't have too much stuff, so one afternoon will be enough!"

Hearing the affirmative answer, Yukinoshita happily and softly said "Yeah". After Yuigahama decided to move in, Yukinoshita and Yuigahama discussed the many matters concerning the move very enthusiastically. Especially Yuigahama, it seemed as if she couldn't wait to move in right away.

I don't really object to Yuigahama moving in, but I can foresee that if Yuigahama moves in, my peaceful life will probably be disrupted again, just like the time I was brought into the Service Club. Now that I think about it carefully, all the stories probably started from there.

Hiratsuka-sensei? I can't say I am grateful, but it is all thanks to Hiratsuka-sensei that I am now like this. I don't know if it is good or bad, but I am very grateful to Hiratsuka-sensei for giving me a place to stay when I was in high school.

But I was very unhappy with the assistants who were assigned to me not long ago. I picked up the folder I brought with me and looked through it, confirming the information of Umi no Hoshi and Tamasaka.

Just as expected, Umi no Hoshi is the child of a famous electrical appliance merchant in Chiba, and his family background can be said to be very good. I think this is probably the main reason for the emergence of Umi no Hoshi, the second Yukinoshita. Children from rich families are troublesome. The next is Tamasaka. Tamasaka's information is relatively normal. Except for being more sickly when he was a child, he seems to be no different from other children.

The only thing that makes people concerned is that Uminohoshi and Tamasaka seem to have known each other since they were very young. If there is no special reason, judging from the information, something important should have happened in their past, which may be the clue that caused their changes.

Even if I understand the general direction of the investigation, I don't know how to start the real investigation. After all, we are just teacher and student, and I can't ask them directly about what happened in the past. In this situation, I can only wait for something to become an opportunity, but I don't know how long it will take for such an opportunity to come. I took a cup of black tea from the coffee table with a headache and drank it. Although my body was slightly warmer, the weight of my thoughts still weighed heavily on my heart. I have already accepted Mr. Hiratsuka's task, or rather, I have accepted Mr. Hiratsuka's re-education and test, so although I am reluctant, I can't escape at the last minute, so I have to bite the bullet.

After looking through the information, I put the folder on the coffee table and rubbed my sore nose with my fingers. I have been very tired recently. I don’t know what the situation will be like when I officially start serializing the novel. Maybe I should buy a life insurance policy now before I die suddenly.

The school has been preparing for Christmas activities in recent days. In name, the student council is in charge of these things, but because the school magazine needs to cooperate with the publicity, I also know more or less about the preparations for some activities. It seems that today is still a joint event with Seaside High School. Ever since the Christmas event jointly organized by Isshiki's student council and Seaside High School received a good response, Seaside High School and Sobu High School have always jointly organized Christmas activities. The leaders of the two schools are also very happy to see this situation. They should want to cultivate friendship between the two schools and strengthen students' sense of cooperation.

However, Mr. Hiratsuka said that the school magazine was just an assisting job, but I always felt that the way Mr. Hiratsuka looked at me was a little strange, and a bad premonition kept growing in my heart. By the way, will Mr. Hiratsuka find an opportunity to completely push this task to me?

This possibility is very high, and you must find ways to refuse it when the time comes.

Time passed quickly, and it was soon 11 o'clock. During this time, I just quietly took out my briefcase and prepared the lesson plan for the afternoon. Yuigahama and Yukinoshita kept chatting, as if they wanted to make up for all the time they hadn't chatted in the past few years. It was just like what they said on the Internet, at the reunion of old classmates, the ones who would chat non-stop were all girls...

Chapter 84 Let You Have a Taste of My Cooking

"Oh no, it's already this time, Yukino-chan, it's time to prepare lunch!"

"Yeah, that's right." Having said this, Yukinoshita stood up and walked towards the kitchen. To my surprise, Yuigahama also quickly stood up and followed Yukinoshita, as if she wanted to go to the kitchen to help.

Wait, help in the kitchen? I stood up in panic. Yukinoshita seemed to realize something and quickly stopped Yuigahama.

"Yuigahama, just take a rest. You are a guest. I will cook the food and you can serve it to me. Just sit on the sofa and don't go into the kitchen!"

"It's the same thing as last time I made the cake, Yukino-chan. I tried my best, and there's nothing wrong with my cooking skills now!"

"This statement coming from your mouth has absolutely no credibility."

"Really, Yukino, just let me try." As she said this, Yuigahama moved her whole body closer to Yukinoshita. She kept shaking Yukinoshita's arms, looking exactly like a spoiled daughter and a tsundere mother.

"Okay, stop shaking, you can go in, but don't mess with the things inside."

"No problem, Yukino, I'll let you taste my cooking!" After getting permission, Yuigahama secretly made a scissors hand gesture to me. By the way, why did you make such a celebratory gesture to me? Besides, I also object to you entering the kitchen!

Because Yuigahama entered the kitchen, Yukinoshita's perfect cooking became unstable, and I became uneasy.

If you ask me what is something in the Service Club that makes people shudder, it would be Yuigahama's cooking that has such terrifying power. Both Yukinoshita and I are very afraid of Yuigahama's cooking because if it is not prepared properly, it can be life-threatening after eating.

It is dangerous in every sense, and sometimes it makes people feel that they don't want to live in this world. Although it is not impossible to swallow it if you eat it with the awareness that you will die, I still don't want to eat with such a strong determination.

Now we can only hope that Yuigahama’s cooking skills will improve a little in the past few years so that she won’t end up making food that could kill people.

At this time, a burst of singing was heard from the kitchen. At first, it seemed to be Yuigahama's solo, and then for some reason Yukinoshita also started singing.

Although it was a cappella, it was still very enjoyable to listen to because of the nice voices and singing skills of Yukinoshita and Yuigahama. If you think about it carefully, Yukinoshita and Yuigahama were also the lead singers during the school festival. Judging from their voices, it was probably because they had not neglected their singing practice in recent years, so their singing level was still at a relatively high level.

After taking a sip of black tea, I put the teacup down steadily. I pricked up my ears to hear the lyrics clearly, but because the kitchen was too far from the living room, I couldn't hear the lyrics clearly. However, judging from the joy in the song, it was probably a celebration of meeting again.

Thinking of this, I picked up the newspaper on the coffee table and started reading. At 12:00, Yuigahama shouted in the kitchen, "It's time to eat." I cleaned up the coffee table and brought the dishes to them. I sat next to the table, while Yukinoshita and Yuigahama sat close together. However, from Yukinoshita's frown, she must be against this way of sitting, but she still lost to Yuigahama in the end...

My eyes kept meeting with Yukinoshita's. I saw Yukinoshita looking at a few dishes. So that's how it is. Are the landmines probably those dishes? It seems that I need to be mentally prepared before eating these dishes.

In order to prevent myself from dying suddenly, I almost never touched those dishes. However, I couldn't just leave them alone. Yukinoshita was very cunning and brought almost all the dishes made by Yuigahama to my side... It was really a bad idea. Of course, I was already satisfied that she hadn't used her chopsticks to pick up Yuigahama's food for me...

Seeing me pick up my own dish, Yuigahama looked at me expectantly with stars in her eyes. Of course, she and Yukinoshita were also looking at me nervously at the side. I felt that this person completely treated me as a guinea pig for food testing.

I took a deep breath and felt a little confused after tasting it. The murderous feeling I had imagined did not come. Then I quickly changed to another dish made by Yuigahama and looked at Yuigahama in surprise.

How should I put it? According to my taste, I think Yuigahama's food should be better than Yukinoshita's. Yuigahama's food has a subtle sweetness, but it doesn't affect the taste of the food itself. This is really rare. When did this person grow up to this point! When Yuigahama went to the aquarium in the third year of high school, she took out the cookies she made. Compared with before, it was indeed a great improvement. I didn't expect that after four years of college, Yuigahama would make so much progress.

Yuigahama and Zaimokuza, these two people have made tremendous progress, which surprised me very much. There are many things in this world that require opportunities to be successful, and hard work alone may not necessarily get the results you want. Similarly, there are many things in this world that can be successful as long as you work hard, and no matter what, hard work itself will not betray yourself.

I looked up at Yuigahama who was looking at me nervously. Was she so concerned because I didn't give her any comments? If she could maintain this momentum, Yuigahama's flower shop would also be able to achieve such success.

Plus, with monsters like Yukinoshita around, it seems unlikely that we will fail.

"It tastes very good. For you, this is a revolutionary change." I said and continued to eat.

"That's great." Yuigahama's happy voice came, and then Yuigahama quickly picked up a lot of the food she made and put it into Yukinoshita's bowl.

"Yuigahama, this is too much no matter how you put it..." Yukinoshita looked at the mountain of food in her bowl in embarrassment.

"It doesn't matter. Eat more. These dishes are adjusted according to Yukino's taste." However, Yuigahama naturally ignored Yukinoshita's embarrassment and continued to pick up food for her. When the bowl was almost full, Yuigahama looked at me with shining eyes again.

My heart skipped a beat. As expected, Yuigahama immediately changed her focus. She quickly put the food into my bowl and said, "This is a dish made according to Xiaoqi's taste. You must eat more."

The enthusiasm was so great that I could not refuse, so I could only look at the food that was almost overflowing in my bowl. On the other side, Yukinoshita seemed to have tasted the food made by Yuigahama, and she should be quite satisfied with it, but if she filled her bowl, it would be too much no matter how you look at it.

Yukinoshita and I looked at each other and smiled bitterly. In stark contrast to our expressions, Yuigahama looked at us with a very happy smile.

Forget it, since it tastes pretty good, I won’t complain about it for now.

It was almost half past twelve when I finished eating. I really wanted to take a nap before going to school, but I still had to take care of Yuigahama's affairs later, so it would be better for me to go to school early. After finishing my meal, I took my briefcase and prepared to go out. Since I had to get ready for class, I took out my glasses from the bag, put them on, and walked to the entrance. At this time, Yuigahama and Yukinoshita were still washing dishes, so I decided to say hello.

"Well, I have work so I'm leaving now!"

After hearing my voice, Yuigahama quickly ran out of the kitchen. Because she was washing dishes before, she was wearing a pink apron with a cat pattern. This style seemed to be chosen by Yukinoshita...

"Eh? Are we leaving now? We still have plenty of time. How about we wait a little longer and go out together as a group?"

"You should finish your work early. Don't let it take up too much of your class time."

"Eh?" Yuigahama's face turned red for some reason, and her feet tapped the floor awkwardly. "Oh, there's nothing I can do about it. For my..." Her voice gradually became too low to be heard clearly, but it seemed like she understood.

At this time, Yukinoshita also came out of the kitchen. Unlike Yuigahama, she had taken off her apron. Maybe because of this incident, she was delayed for some time, so she came out a little later than Yuigahama. I don't know why, but Yukinoshita was stunned when she looked at me.

Eh? Is there something strange on my face? With this thought in mind, I touched my face with my hand. There shouldn't be anything strange. After confirming it, I looked at Yukinoshita with an even more puzzled expression.

As if coming to her senses, Yukinoshita stepped back in panic: "Eh, um, um... nothing." What kind of answer is this? It's so concerning!

Yuigahama, who was standing nearby, seemed to know something. She leaned next to Yukinoshita and whispered something. Although I tried to get closer to hear clearly, I could only catch some incomprehensible words like "email", "eyes", and "handsome"...

Eh? What does this mean? Are these some code words I don't know?

After Yuigahama finished speaking, Yukinoshita's face became even redder. Why did she become even more shaken? Without saying anything more, Yukinoshita glanced at me as if to confirm something. Seeing that I was looking at her with a puzzled look, she quickly ran away and returned to the kitchen?

"Don't worry, Xiaoqi. This is a normal reaction. I had the same reaction when I first met Xiaoqi..."

"What is that too?"

Hearing my doubts, Yuigahama's face quickly turned red like Yukinoshita, and then she pushed me to the entrance in panic.

"Xiao Qi, what do you want me to say?"

After leaving these inexplicable words, Yuigahama pushed me to the door.

So, what did I do? I feel like I was treated unfairly without knowing it. It's really abominable. The people of RB have the right to know at least. Please respect the constitution. Also, please don't bring up such stupid ideas as amending the constitution!

With deep doubts, I still came to the school. Because it was still lunch time, the campus was more lively than usual. In the atrium, you can see many people eating lunch boxes together, or eating bread bought from the canteen together. However, what I saw most often was of course two couples sitting together, happily feeding each other.

You don't have hands. Will you die if you eat by yourself? Please cherish the hands your parents gave you! Please maintain basic independence!

Chapter 85: Fear that the things I miss will change

I walked in the courtyard with a look that made people around me run away if I took off my glasses. Originally, I should have gone directly to the staff room, but I couldn't explain why I suddenly wanted to walk in the school courtyard.

The colors of autumn have begun to spread throughout the school. Many plants in the atrium have become withered. Except for some special flowers, there are only lonely branches swaying in the biting autumn wind. The only surprising thing is that the maple leaves almost cover the ground at this time. On the branches, the fiery red maple leaves seem to be fluttering in the wind as if to light up the sky.

After adjusting my scarf with my hands and feeling truly warm, I walked to the place where I often stayed alone in high school, put down my briefcase, and sat down.

It has been a long time since I last came to this place. Although I had the idea of ​​visiting the school sometimes during my four years in college, I would always put it on hold for various reasons. The most recent time, I even came to the school gate, but it was still tightly locked during the holidays. Although I should be able to get permission to go to the school as long as I communicated with the guard, for no reason, I suddenly felt that maybe it would be enough to just watch from afar outside the school.

It's nostalgia. Everything I do seems to be due to nostalgia. Because of nostalgia, I came to school. Also because of nostalgia, I did not enter the school, because I was afraid that the things I missed would change.

That is no longer my school, or rather, it is no longer the school I own. Except for the teachers, all the people I know are no longer in that school. The names of other people are written on the shoe cabinet where I keep my shoes. The books on my desk are other people's. Even in the office that I miss the most, no one sitting there knows me.