Real teaching, hypocritical gray life

"Well, let's go back to the living room first. There's still some time before lunch starts, and Ichinose just finished dealing with his clothes, right? Let's take a break."

"Well, okay..."

Ichinose responded weakly, and then followed me out of the kitchen. As soon as the scene in the living room came into my sight, a humid heat wave hit me in the face, and then I noticed the open window.

"...The window is open."

"Well, it's not a problem to keep the window closed like this. Just take a breath and bear with it."

"..."

Although I know this is the case, generally speaking, after an intermittent shower, the ambient temperature will not drop. Instead, the sunlight will evaporate the rain on the ground, and combined with the original water vapor in the air, the humidity of the air near the ground will be very high, making the body feel even more stuffy.

In this way, the feeling of not opening the window will be more comfortable than opening the window, at least in terms of temperature...

But it doesn’t really matter to me, but it may not be the same for Ichinose.

"If Ichinose gets heat stroke or feels uncomfortable due to the heat, tell me. We might have to force the door open then."

"It shouldn't be that hot, so just relax."

"Well, let's just say that... Has Ichinose already explained this to Shiranami-san and the others?"

As we talked, we returned to our seats on the sofa.

In response to my question, Ichinose also showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

"Oops, if Luo hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten. I have to quickly explain this to Chihiro-san."

This has clearly been forgotten.

As soon as she finished speaking, Ichinose hurriedly took out her cell phone from her pocket. In order to save time, Ichinose would skip the login process and store the information in her cell phone. Soon, she opened the phone book and found Shiranami's name in front of my eyes.

There are no extra strange titles in the address list, and everyone's notes are their real names.

......

But why is there only one character for 木 (き) in my line of work? Where did my surname go?

This naming made me inadvertently think of it as the nickname that annoying man gave me.

I glanced at the dark chocolate candies in the snack bowl on the table with boredom, picked up one, peeled it, and handed it to Ichinose.

"Would you like to try it?"

"Hey, what is this?"

"Chocolate fudge. When I was shopping for clothes yesterday, a store happened to be having a promotion and gave away a bag of these candies."

"Buy clothes and get candy...it's really a weird activity."

I thought Ichinose said this to refuse the candy, but she put her red lips close to mine and took it. For a moment, I felt a clear electric current passing through my fingertips.

But Ichinose didn't seem to react to it, so I just thought it was my illusion.

"Hmm, it seems to taste quite good."

Perhaps because he was afraid that the chewing sound would interfere with the conversation, Ichinose pressed the button with the word "hands-free" on the call display, and at the same time took the phone away and finally placed it on the table in front of him. The moving music that was played when the call was made fell clearly into the ears of both of us.

I glanced at the phone on the table.

"If you turn on speakerphone, I can hear your conversation. Is that really okay?"

As I said the last few words, the phone dialed, but Ichinose didn't react immediately.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, what I'm going to say next is... Hey, is it connected? Chihiro, are you there?"

"I can hear you. Why did Xiao Fanbo call me at this time? Is it still early for our agreed time, or are you impatient?"

"If I could, I might think so too."

"Well, if I may...?"

Bai Bo's puzzled voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Ahaha, well, actually something unexpected happened, and I might not be able to keep the appointment this afternoon. So can we reschedule this appointment to tomorrow or another time?"

"..."

After Ichinose spoke, Shiranami-san fell silent for a while.

"Chihiro, can you hear me?"

"Um...can I ask what the reason is?"

"Sure. Remember what I was busy with last week?"

"Well, if I remember correctly, I was helping with the renovation of the Student Council office. Didn't Ichinose quit this job?"

"It's not that I'm quitting, it's because the part of the work I'm responsible for has been completed, so I'll be free next time."

"So if it's already been done, why bring it up again now...?"

"Just now, Tachibana-senpai called me and told me that there was a problem with the staffing of the student union, so she wanted me to help, and I agreed. I originally thought that I could finish it before the date in the afternoon, but now it seems that it can't be done so easily."

"That's right..."

"Well, so could Chihiro please change the time? I may not be able to make time today."

"...There's nothing we can do today, right?"

"Yes, but it will only be today, and the student union will be replenished later. So I will definitely be free in the next few days. Even if there is an accident on the student union side, I will not be needed as a substitute."

"Well... if that's the case, then it seems there's nothing we can do. We'll have to make an appointment next time."

"Thank you for your understanding. Please tell Chihiro and Ninomiya about this matter. I have other things to do here, so it may be too late to notify you."

"I'll do it."

"Thank you, Chihiro. I'll hang up first--"

"Wait a minute, Fanbo."

Just as Ichinose's fingertips were about to touch the red hang-up button, Shiranami-san's calm voice came over the phone. Hearing her tone, I suddenly felt that the situation might not be that simple.

"Anything else? If you want to talk about a date, you can discuss it first."

"No, no. I just have something else to say."

"Hmm, what is it?"

"If you're going to help the student council, Fanbo should be in school now, right?"

We don't have to go to the scene to verify it, it would be terrible if that's the case.

Ichinose also thought of this and hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"...Um, I'm at the student council right now...Any questions?"

"So Tachibana-senpai is also with Honoki, and the student council president?"

"Hey, well... Tachibana-senpai is here, but the student council president has gone to report to the general affairs office."

Oh, what you said really makes sense.

"That's great."

"Great, what do you mean...?"

"Could you please help me put Tachibana-senpai on the phone? I want to thank her for something."

"what?!"

"Will there be any problem?"

After hearing Shiranami's request, Ichinose turned her head and looked at me, with a slightly confused look in her eyes.

"That might be a little inconvenient, could you let me convey Chihiro's thanks?"

"But Tachibana-senpai really helped me a lot. If possible, I hope to thank you in person."

"But Tachibana-senpai is busy now, and I am embarrassed to disturb her..."

"Is that so..." Bai Bo's voice sounded rather regretful, but I knew it was an imitation without any real emotion. If I had to say it, it was actually a feeling of gloating.

As expected, Shiraha launched the next attack.

"Also, isn't the Student Union Office undergoing renovations? Why didn't I hear any similar noises on my end?"

"This... This is because the construction site is in another area. I am currently working on the form with Tachibana-senpai."

"Hmm, I see, I see..."

After hearing Shiranami's reply, Ichinose breathed a sigh of relief, but his nerves tensed up again the next moment.

"Actually, Honoki-chan isn't even in the student council right now."

"Eh...what are you talking about, Chihiro?"

A stiff smile appeared on Ichinose’s face.

"Did I say something wrong? I heard Ichinose and Oku-san talking just now, so—"

"Should Xiao Fanbo be staying with Luo-san now?"

"No, that's not the case. How could I be with Luo Jun? Chihiro must have heard it wrong."

"I heard it clearly, like 'Is it really okay?', 'What are you going to say next' and so on... Am I right, Fanbo?"

Hearing this, Ichinose panicked completely and looked at me at a loss, but in the end he felt that there was no other way so he anxiously changed his hands, like a Taoist priest calculating his destiny.

"Well, well... that's something else. Anyway, I'm in the student union right now."

"Then can Fanbo open the permission to browse the location information? I will understand once I take a look."

"Does this kind of thing need to be confirmed?"

"It's really suspicious... Is it because you're dating Luo Jun right now that you want to turn this down? After all, this opportunity is rare?"

"That's not the case!"

"Well, what is Fanbo doing with Luo-san?"

"Hmm, um...what..."

Ichinose opened his mouth, wanting to explain something, but couldn't even utter the last word, and his face looked as anxious as if he was about to cry.

At this point, if Ichinose and Shiranami were the only two people on the phone, then the problem could not be swept under the rug. Ichinose alone could not handle the current situation.

Thinking of this, I sighed helplessly and then coughed lightly.

"Ichinose."

I deliberately spoke a little louder so that Bai Bo, who was on the other end of the phone, could hear it more clearly.

When Ichinose heard my voice, he was stunned for a moment, then looked at me in disbelief, with shock in his pupils.

I tried to signal Ichinose with my eyes.

"Have you finished dealing with the matter over there? Why are you here?"

Ichinose quickly understood what I meant and continued speaking.

"Hori, President Horikita? You just didn't--"

"The matter at the General Affairs Office has been completed. Here is the replacement form. You can give it to Ju later... Um, are you on the phone?"

"I came out because I was afraid of disturbing others."

"Yeah. Let's finish it quickly."

"I, I understand."

After finishing the performance, I reached out and touched my throat, symbolically adjusting my vocal cords.

In the subsequent conversation, Ichinose turned off the hands-free mode. I don't know what Shiranami-san replied, but judging from what Ichinose said, the matter should have been resolved smoothly.

But it would be quite troublesome to deal with it afterwards. After seeing the "unfriendly" look in Ichinose's eyes towards me, I knew that I would definitely "die" next.

Chapter 129 I Can't Stand It

Because of the power outage in the school building, and because I don’t have any extra hobbies, I haven’t done anything like finding my own personal circle on Twitter, using filter software to beautify selfies, etc. At most, I just check the latest news on Yahoo.

So in my spare time, I can only read or sleep to pass the dull and idle time.

only......