Hikigaya Hachiman is still in the dark

"If you don't want to care, get back to work!"

"Of course I don't want to care... The reason I care about you is because you are our teacher at Sobu High School, so you can't communicate too closely with students from other schools."

What kind of unfair clause is this? Are you a domineering president from somewhere?

Although I really wanted to continue to refute Ben Chugui, the gazes of the students around me really made me feel uncomfortable. Forget it, I'd better give in for the time being.

"I understand. I will be careful to keep my distance from her in the future. Please go back to your work. I'm counting on you."

"That's better." After getting a satisfactory answer, Ben Chugui nodded to me. After walking a few steps, as if she remembered something, she came back and looked at me.

"What else do you have to say?"

"Well, you can pay special attention to the relationship between the members of the Seaside High School Student Council and that girl..."

Is she talking about studying in the United States? When did Ben Chugui become such a neurotic girl?

Even if I think so, if I don't agree, it will definitely turn into the same situation as before, so I'd better continue to tolerate it here.

"Got it, so you should get back to work quickly."

"OK."

After answering softly, Ben Chugui happily returned to her seat and started to get busy again.

It's amazing!

Although Motoko Motoko's behavior just now was neurotic, the advice she gave me is still worth considering. Since it is a stage play, the characters' personalities should be more distinct, and the scene settings should be simpler.

Next, I will focus on these aspects and start working! After formulating the plan, I put my hands on the keyboard again and began to re-draft the script of the stage play.

Chapter 113: Tsurumi Rumi and Hikigaya Hachiman Still Remain

Because I was concentrating on typing, I unknowingly ignored the time. When I came to my senses, most people around me had left. Only Ben Chugui and Liu Mei were still busy doing something beside me.

"Eh. Is it all over already?"

Hearing my question, Motochūki and Rumi looked up at me at the same time.

"The meeting ended very early. I wanted to remind you, Mr. Hikigaya, but seeing how immersed you were, it might be inappropriate to disturb you... so I gestured and asked everyone to quietly pack up and go home."

Ben Chugui explained to me while turning the gel pen in her hand. Because of me? It seems that they still have a student side, and at least they know not to disturb the teacher's work.

To be honest, if someone disturbs me when I am concentrating on typing, I might feel annoyed. Therefore, when I am typing, I usually turn off my mobile phone to prevent terrifying creatures like Hiratsuka Sensei from constantly disturbing my thoughts.

"It's obviously okay to make loud noises. There's nothing to worry about with this teacher. If I have to say anything, it's probably just a dog's tail grass..."

Why did the Ministry of Education issue a law prohibiting corporal punishment of students? And there must be something wrong with the election system of this school, right? Why was such a person able to become the president of the student union? Did someone cheat on Twitter like me? Don't you know that such means will kill many people?

"If Hikigaya-sensei is a dogtail grass, then you must be the weed that can be found everywhere on the roadside, right?"

Before I could refute, Liu Mei, who was standing beside me, responded coldly to Ben Chugui.

"What are you talking about? I was praising Mr. Hikigaya. After all, I also affirmed his identity as a living being."

It is true that this is true. Compared to some fungi, dogtail grass is more advanced and gentle. If I think like this, am I hopeless...

"I'm also affirming you. Aren't you a student? He's a teacher, right? For the time being, it shouldn't be a problem to classify you as an unknown weed that is one level lower than dogtail grass.

Ah, what is going on? Why am I, who was just concentrating on typing, now in such an embarrassing situation? Girls are really scary...

"So you are also one of the weeds!" Ben Chugui smiled and responded to Liu Mei, but that smile was too fake! There is black air constantly pouring out around you, please pay attention to this quickly.

"You..." Liu Mei seemed to want to say something. This is not good. If they continue to quarrel, the situation will definitely become out of my control. It is better to end this situation quickly.

"Stop talking to me!"

I looked at the two of them sternly. They turned their heads and looked at me unwillingly, as if they wanted to say something else.

Although I think it is Ben Chugui's fault, she will ignore me if I speak to her, and the situation might even get worse. But Liumei quarreled with her for me, so I thought about it and decided to take a gamble.

"This is a meeting room. Please stop arguing like children. Can you be more mature?"

Maybe they thought what I said made sense, they all lowered their heads and stopped arguing. I was very glad that they didn't refute me at the first moment, otherwise I would have no way to stop them. It seems that Hachiman's aura still has an effect.

"So if possible, Ben Chugui, can you be more careful with your words in the future? Although I rarely lose my temper, it's not good for others to see you arguing like this, right? The fact that you and I are teacher and student is an ironclad fact, and the same goes for you, Liumei. Stop laughing there. Although I know you are doing this for my own good, please use more tactful language next time."

I don't know if what I just said was serious, but I have to warn you at this level. If I don't warn you, and the situation gets worse, it won't be a good thing. If this happens, sooner or later, something as difficult as what happened just now will happen again.

Thinking about it carefully, Ben Chugui has always been very careful about her behavior, why does she suddenly seem like a different person today?

After hearing what I said, Ben Chugui turned around and ignored me.

"If it were her, would she be able to speak it out properly? I'm so envious..."

Ben Chugui's murmuring voice echoed in the conference room where there were only three of us. Her back looked a little lonely at this time.

Looking at her back, I always felt that she must have something to say to me, but didn't know how to start.

It’s like a story without an ending. The author has an ending he really wants to express, but he just can’t write it. He has no choice but to give up.

Benchu ​​Guita, are you hiding something from me?

"Hikigaya-sensei."

While I was still thinking about it, Ben Chugui's voice disrupted my thoughts.

"I'll be more careful next time. I'm sorry for bothering you all this time."

She turned around, bowed her head, apologized to me seriously, and quickly left the meeting room.

"She must be hiding something from me, absolutely. This behavior is too abnormal..."

I thought it was abnormal for Motoharu Kei to call me Hikigaya-sensei, so am I abnormal too?

"Hachiman, let's go back?" Liumei carefully grabbed the corner of my suit with her hand, gently pulled my clothes, and spoke in a low voice.

Want to comfort me? I wasn't disappointed or anything, I was just a little worried, after all, she was also my student.

"Ah."

After answering the question about studying in the United States, I took off my glasses and put them away. After working in front of the computer for a long time, I would take off my glasses to relax; then, I packed my notebook and my briefcase, and stood up to leave the meeting room.

After I stood up, I found that Liumei was looking at me with a depressed look, as if she had seen something extraordinary.

"Any questions?"

"Eh? No problem." Rumi waved her hands in panic: "It's just that I haven't seen you without glasses in a long time, Hachiman. Should I say it's nostalgia? Or memory or something."

“They both mean the same thing.”

"Yeah, yeah, that's true."

After chatting casually like this, Liumei and I turned off the lights in the conference room and left.

It got dark early today. When I went out, darkness had already begun to invade the entire world. The only thing left in the entire world was the last red glow of the sun.

The corridor had long been deserted. Occasionally, when wind blew, the windows that were not locked tightly made strange creaking sounds. Whenever this happened, it felt like this place had the atmosphere of a haunted house.

Because of the cold weather, Liumei unconsciously leaned towards me. It had been a while since I met her again, and I was used to this kind of thing, so it didn't matter much. I carefully observed Liumei, and found that she had changed her gloves and scarf to a new style, which was slightly different from the previous ones☆.

Girls really love beauty. Do they need to buy so many styles of gloves and scarves? Although there is a rumor that "the more beautiful a girl is, the bigger her wardrobe will be".

"Hachiman, is there any problem with the script of the stage play?"

"Well, it's basically done. The most difficult part has been conceived. After that, I just need to type out what I have in my mind."

"really?"

Liumei looked at me worriedly. She probably thought that I was only saying these words reluctantly in order not to make her worry.

"Don't worry, I'm not forcing myself. After all, I'm just adapting my own novel. I still have some confidence. Besides, the most difficult part has been solved. From now on, it will be a smooth road for creation."

"Isn't this the time to use an idiom?"

"It's symbolic. I'm a Chinese teacher. I wouldn't make such a simple mistake."

"If you use your identity as a teacher to explain, aren't you admitting defeat?"

I seem to have been hit by another fatal blow. This situation is like when the boss issues a new order but is questioned by employees and he doesn't know how to respond, so he has to say, "But I'm the boss, of course what I say is right!" He uses his identity as a boss to bully honest office workers. Just like now, when I am questioned by students, I just have to bring out my identity as a teacher. It's really convenient.

"But never mind. Since it's Hachiman's words, I'll just believe you for now."

For the time being? I think you can trust me completely. There should be such a metaphor, right?

"Hachiman, does this mean that you have already finished the script for the stage play? The time is so tight."

"It's nothing to worry about. It's just an ordinary re-creation of my previous novel! I remember that I wrote many spin-offs before my previous novel was finished!" I shook my head.

"Even so, isn't it amazing? That novel is the result of Hachiman's hard work, right? That novel originally belonged to you."

Liumei didn't follow my topic, but looked at me extremely seriously.

"Hachiman, you have always been so reliable!"

Is this the final conclusion? I feel a little embarrassed to hear such praise. How should I put it? I am also a procrastinator. Every time I want to update, I always procrastinate. As a result, I am almost forced to jump into the Pacific Ocean by the editor and the party who urges me to update.

Now that I think about it, it seems that when I was helping Isshiki make the year-end report or something in my second year of high school, I only started working hard on it until the last minute, and was urged to hand it in by Isshiki, Yuigahama, and Yukinoshita in turn!

Well, anyway, the work has been completed successfully, so forget about urging for more updates, everyone.

"You're not that reliable. There are still all kinds of problems with what I say..."

“That’s a good bit of humility.”

"so……"

When I was about to say something else, the phone rang. I made a gesture to Liumei to keep quiet, then opened the phone. An unfamiliar number appeared on the screen.

"Hey, who are you?"

"Hey~ It's connected." An inexplicably happy voice came from the other end of the line, "This is Sagami, Mr. Hikigaya, have you forgotten the previous agreement?"

The previous agreement? It should be about going to the newly opened sushi restaurant next to the school with Yuexia and the others. Oops, I was working so hard that I almost forgot about it.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I was so busy that I almost forgot."

"Are you busy? It's understandable since it's a joint event! We're already in the newly opened sushi restaurant, so come over when you're done with work."

"No problem, I'll be there later."

"See you later."

After I hung up the phone, Liu Mei started to ask me.

"Familiar?"

"I guess so. We are teachers who work together and we made an appointment to have dinner together today.

"Oh, is that so? Then you go first. I'll go home alone today."

"Eh." Although Liumei said that, it got dark early today and Liumei's home seemed to be quite far from here. Thinking of this, I was still very worried about her going home alone.

"How about I call a taxi for you and take you directly to the station?"

"It doesn't matter to me if it can make Hachiman feel at ease."

Chapter 114 Hikigaya Hachiman Thinking About Pain

Perhaps she saw through my thoughts, Liumei did not reject my proposal. She nodded and said, "It's arranged."

Having said this, Liumei and I walked towards the school gate.

After sending Liumei to the car, it was already completely dark. Because it was a newly opened sushi restaurant, I didn't know its exact location, so I had to take out my cell phone and carefully confirm the location of the sushi restaurant before I started moving forward.

Life is such an incredible thing. I thought Sagami was a bit strange before, but he suddenly became so enthusiastic. Maybe we really change over time! This world is like a quiet river. Everyone who travels in it has to decide the direction and speed by themselves.

Occasionally the river would start flowing, and then it would be a new story, a story of a struggle to cross the river.

I have been thinking about these random thoughts recently. Am I really getting old? Or is it because I have too much work recently that makes me think about them unconsciously?

Maybe, maybe not. My mood has been really up and down recently. I always feel like I am facing the world positively like the protagonist of a young manga, and then I feel like I am hating the world with hatred like the Count of Monte Cristo. I don't know if this is a precursor to schizophrenia...

But my life has always been like this, with ups and downs. Isn't it said that a life with ups and downs is a real life? When life is full of ups and downs, it just means that you are young and have things to do. If your life becomes stable, it means that your life is almost over. Generally speaking, only the lives of the elderly are stable.

However, there seems to be nothing wrong with a stable life. At least in this way, you can maintain a more peaceful state of mind and won’t feel so tired. I always feel that many troubles in life will slowly disappear.

Those old people who have been through the vicissitudes of life, just looking at them, your mentality will become very peaceful and neutral. To put it in a metaphor, they just finished struggling to cross the river of life, and now they are leisurely watching us continue to struggle on the shore.

This feeling is not bad... I can't help but think of myself staying with a group of old men... It feels so awkward, so forget it. For the time being, I think it's more reliable to be a househusband. In this case, Kawasaki seems to be a good choice.

But I always feel a little uncomfortable when there is a bug like Dazhi who is close to my sister.

I still hate love. Maybe it's because I haven't met the right person yet; maybe it's because I don't think I'm mature enough to love someone; if there's a more important reason, it's probably because there's someone in my heart that I can't let go of for a while.