Real teaching, hypocritical gray life

That sweat-soaked shirt...

I quickly turned my eyes away, but saw something that I associated with it on the windowsill.

"..."

Unlike me who was silent, Ichinose was humming a little song happily at this time.

I didn't want to interrupt her happy mood, but I felt it would be more comfortable to speak out what I noticed. At least I thought that this was how things should develop. However, there was a high possibility that Ichinose would get angry.

"...Can I ask you a question, Ichinose?"

"sure."

"that......"

Seeing that I was hesitant to speak, Ichinose raised her head and looked at me with her clear eyes.

"I mean...Ichinose isn't wearing anything, is she?"

Although I personally don’t have any big feelings about such things, it still takes a lot of courage to speak out.

"Not wearing anything means..."

With a puzzled reply, Ichinose looked at his chest, then cried out in surprise and quickly put his hands over his chest.

"Luo, what did Luo see?"

"Don't get me wrong, I even wanted Ichinose to thank me for trying my best to restrain my gaze. I just accidentally found your underwear hanging on the window--"

"Stupid, stupid, how can such a thing...!"

It was a long time later that I learned that there was an item called nipple covers popular among girls.

Chapter 131 The Eve of Peace

The scorching sun did not take away anything. The air was very humid. Not to mention that the clothes that Ichinose had washed not long ago and then hung near the windowsill were not dry yet, even the sweat on the body surface was difficult to evaporate.

I tried to look out the window at the scenery, bypassing the wet clothes fluttering in the summer breeze, but it was still somewhat obstructing my view. In addition, most of the remaining scenery was almost occupied by man-made objects, and the sunset could only be perceived vaguely.

The midsummer afternoon has passed.

At dusk, the white sun suddenly burned red at some point, and the entire sky was covered in blazing heat, with a flame-like orange light in the smudge. The blue-white clouds were burned black soon after they touched the light.

All the scenery under the flames was gradually distorting and dispersing.

Maybe everything can be safe and sound, but when you get close to it, you will be affected by it no matter what. If you want to be truly not disturbed, you can only eliminate all external interference with your own strength.

Although under the curse of bad luck, a man and a woman were in an awkward situation of being alone in the same room, and they were locked together, to be honest, this was the only disaster we had encountered so far. We did not go any further.

I yawned lightly and closed the book in my hand. It would be a good idea to take a few minutes to rest. As I was thinking this, I felt a slight numbness and crispness in my right hand, which forced me to focus on relaxing.

There are certain differences in personal indicators of different human bodies.

If Ichinose cannot survive the increasingly hot and humid summer after the thunderstorm, the consequences will be quite difficult to deal with. Not to mention the damage to Ichinose's body caused by the unfortunate heat stroke, if the fact that they were in the same room was spread, then corresponding jokes and rumors would surely fly all over the sky during this period.

Although Ichinose said verbally that he would not take this matter to heart, it still interfered with the incident to a certain extent. On the other hand, I also did not want such a reality to appear directly in front of me, because it might lay the foundation for Ichinose to resist rumors in the future, and even provide a "defense weapon".

The degree of the two is not the same. One is graffiti in an unknown corner of the classroom, while the other is a scar that cuts deep into the heart. However, graffiti exists after all, and no one knows whether it will become a crucial trump card before the incident.

Taking advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun, I took a look at Ichinose beside me. At this moment, she was "playing" with my right arm that was waving the fan, or it would be more appropriate to say that she was poking and pinching it. Whether in terms of the form of the action or the feeling transmitted back by the individual receptors, Ichinose's hands were very gentle, just like giving my arm a relaxing massage.

"......What are you doing?"

"Ah, sorry for touching you without your permission... I was wondering if this would make Luo feel more comfortable."

Ichinose smiled awkwardly.

"Anyone who is gently kneaded like this should feel comfortable, except for the pain caused by the touch... but it feels more like itching."

"I thought this would make Luo Jun more relaxed... But now that you say it, I'm actually causing trouble for Luo."

I shook my head at the wry smile on my face.

"It hasn't escalated to that point yet...So what's Ichinose's purpose in doing this?"

In my impression, Ichinose is not the kind of person who would touch other people's bodies casually. Even when he poked my body during the swimming class at the beginning of the school year, it was an exploration of me with curiosity and incomprehensible emotions. It was also the same during the special test for survival on an uninhabited island.

Therefore, based on past experiences like these, Ichinose must have had some degree of 'concern' behind these actions towards me.

"...it's been three hours..."

Ichinose hesitated for a moment, then reported the specific value.

"…What three hours?"

After I asked this question, I understood what she was referring to. But this also provided better unconscious proof for my subsequent cover-up.

"It has been three hours since Luo Jun started waving his fan... that is, from two o'clock in the afternoon to five o'clock now..."

"I see... When I think about it, time passes very quickly. Ichinose will be free as long as he can hold on for one more night."

I expressed an ambiguous sigh about this incident.

Everything that happened since last night has made me feel exhausted. The physical fatigue is not serious, but the mental fatigue is hard to erase. I haven't experienced this kind of experience of having to calculate the consequences of my words and actions all the time for a long time.

Keep yourself alert for a long time and be on guard against everything around you. This feeling is similar to the salesmen of electrical appliances in the last century, running back and forth in various houses with bulky machines in their hands all day long, having fake conversations, and always considering other people's emotional fluctuations, and they can't relax even if they sell the equipment.

Compared to this, I just feel a little more relaxed in terms of degree.

If you ask me to sell electrical appliances, I guess no one would plan to buy them.

Ichinose shook his head after hearing my reply, "Well, I'm not talking about that. Although it's a bit boring, I don't mind staying in Luojun's room."

"Do you have any other questions..." I paused, "Are you talking about a change of clothes for the evening?"

"The humidity in the air is inexplicably high today, and the clothes haven't been dried in time... But the clothes I dealt with last night have been dealt with. If Ichinose doesn't mind, you can continue to use the set I have here."

"That's not the point. Although it is indeed a question that needs to be discussed... I guess I'll have to borrow Luo Jun's clothes tonight... And the three hours I just mentioned are really referring to the time Luo Jun is waving his fan."

"I was already exhausted after just shaking for more than ten minutes, but Luo Jun lasted for three hours... Um, is your arm really okay?"

"I didn't take it too seriously... but now that I think about it, my right arm seems to have started to get used to it."

I don't know how to stop anymore...

Just like the people who were harmed by the assembly line project in the past, the same thing happens today in factories with robotic arms that are programmed with fixed programs and will not stop operating until the demand stops.

"Could it be that he has lost consciousness? Hurry, stop it immediately!"

Ichinose hurriedly pressed down my still moving arm with both hands, and I relaxed as well.

"How could my arm become numb just because I repeated the fanning motion for three hours... When Ichinose pinched me just now, didn't I say it was a little itchy? Ichinose was too nervous, there's nothing wrong with my arm at all."

"That's good." Ichinose breathed a sigh of relief.

"But it's beyond my expectation that Luo Jun could persist for so long... Although I know that Luo Jun has hidden his individual strength, I never thought he would be so capable."

"No, this is a wrong view. Please don't think like that."

"Did I say something wrong? Or does Luo Lian refuse to admit this?"

"You sound like I haven't admitted many things... But Ichinose must have misunderstood this. Waving a fan doesn't require much strength. Ichinose should also feel that this is quite easy, right? After all, fans are made in that direction."

"...That's what I said, but if I swing it for too long--"

"You won't feel any effort. If your arm hurts, it means you're not swinging the fan correctly. There are many examples of this. The principle of duration when playing the piano is completely different."

"If you use the strength of your wrists when playing the piano, you will feel tired after a while, and there is a chance that your wrists will be injured. The correct way is to mobilize the strength of the whole arm. This will not only make it easier, but also increase the time you can support from tens of minutes to several hours."

"Anyway, the skill of using force is very important for this kind of thing."

I simply used the piano to describe Ichinose. Although she had never played the piano before, she was able to make up for it by herself after hearing some specific descriptions. She was also able to understand the fact that it was not a big deal.

In fact, I don't know how to use force when waving a fan, and I haven't learned any relevant knowledge. The graceful behavior of twirling a fan is not among my skills.

"...So Luo didn't actually put in much effort?"

Although she heard my explanation, Ichinose still had some degree of misunderstanding, so I could only go along with it.

“Well, I’m not sure if I’ve really mastered the technique of swinging the fan, but it’s true that I don’t feel tired at all, so Ichinose doesn’t have to worry… Speaking of which, does Ichinose still feel hot?”

"Well, after all, the temperature is already high, so it is certain that you will feel the heat. But there is no need to trouble Luo Jun any further."

"Is there no problem anymore?"

"Yes, that's right. So please take a break. It would be quite troublesome to read with only one hand."

"That's true...but the current situation is no longer suitable for continuing reading."

I turned my head and looked out the window at the remaining trace of sunset on the horizon.

Suddenly, the dark red sunset on the horizon that was about to disappear stepped into the pale dawn, bursting out with dazzling daylight, and then in just a moment, accompanied by the lonely dusk, merged into the lonely black night.

The setting sun, which had been reflecting red light, suddenly burst into white light at the last moment. This was something I had never heard of in my life, but it might also be because I had not observed it carefully.

Maybe I should have realized this many years ago, but I didn't pay attention to it. But that's why I'm standing here now.

"That's true. It's already dark... If I continue to look at it like this, my eyes will get tired and dry, and it's possible that my vision will deteriorate."

Ichinose said this and glanced at the screen of his mobile phone again, as if he was dissatisfied with something. Then he sighed and put it aside silently.

"...Has everything been sorted out with Shiranami-san? "

"Well, I guess so... I explained it clearly when we called, and she later apologized to me on the chat app, and I picked a time to reply to her... It was just because of this excuse that it was difficult for me to get involved in their conversation..."

A busy interface is not allowed to chatter.

"I'm so sorry."

"This matter is not Luo's fault at all, why are you apologizing?"

"Let it flow."

"What a weird reason... I don't know when I can call..."

"Didn't the school just send out another notice? I think we'll get a call around six or seven."

"That's the truth... It's summer, why is it dark at around 5 o'clock today? I really don't understand..."

"Sometimes this happens... Let's finish our dinner while there's still some light. Otherwise, we might not even be able to find our cup noodles later."

"That's right."

After getting Ichinose's consent, I headed straight to the kitchen.

All the cup noodles I bought in the convenience store were from Nissin Foods Co., Ltd. I heard that the cup noodles processed by this store are the most popular. At the same time, in order to taste the taste, I also bought two buckets of different flavors.

"...I have original cup noodles and shredded chicken cup noodles... Which one would you like, Ichinose?"

"I'm not picky. Just pick whichever one you want to eat, Luo Jun. I'll just eat the remaining one."

"If that's the case, then everything will be fine." I sighed casually.

I don't have any preferences or taboos in terms of taste, so I don't have the difficult task of distinguishing which is which in dim light. I just need to fill, soak, and randomly select.

I scooped the boiling water from the pot into the cup one spoonful at a time. The power outage brought many inconveniences, but fortunately there were many primitive solutions. For example, although rice could no longer be cooked in an electric rice cooker, it could be cooked in a cooking pot at a ratio of 1.2 to 1.

"I've already added the boiling water, but you still need to wait three to five minutes."

I handed the prepared cup of noodles to Ichinose, and she took it with gratitude and thanked me.

“What flavor do I have here?”

"I'm not sure. It was too dark and I couldn't see clearly. I don't have any dietary restrictions, so I guess I just picked it randomly."

"...This is really random."

“I didn’t pay much attention to details.”

The evening breeze blew through the room, but it didn't bring more stuffiness, and the coolness it brought was just a relief from the scorching sun. There was no refreshing feeling. Maybe it would be more comfortable to go to the swimming pool after a while.

After waiting for three minutes, I whispered "I'm ready", and then started to enjoy the cup noodles in my hand. The shell was a little hot but fortunately it was within the tolerable range.

"...It looks like I picked the shredded chicken flavor."

"...Hmm, it tastes pretty good."

Ichinose sighed beside me.

"Hasn't Ichinose ever eaten this before?"

"No, I just rarely eat these things...but it seems that it tastes good to try them occasionally."

"That's it..."

In silence, we slowly spent the dinner time.