Faced with the blackened heroine, they actually stopped time

Xiaoyuan also quickly broke away from the physical and mental form of Sakuraba Mizuki and turned back into the socially anxious and timid girl.

"Oreki-kun has made great progress... It's amazing."

"Sister Xiaoyuan taught me well."

Kobayashi Ayaka immediately made the decision and everyone went out for a dinner to celebrate.

At the dinner table, she excitedly said that the game would become a best-seller in the month it was released.

Even drank two big cups.

However, looking at her high-spirited look, Oreki Gen could only wish her well sincerely. As for believing that it would make money...it was difficult.

But perhaps this is the enthusiasm and passion of creation.

You have to believe that it will succeed from the beginning, otherwise you will not have the motivation to persevere.

There are so many people in this world who believe in beauty, not because this world is really beautiful.

But because you need to believe, there will be beauty.

“Okay, I promised Oreki-kun that I would give him a big share of the profits. It just depends on your performance. Don’t expect too much.”

When leaving the izakaya, Kobayashi Ayaka said with a smile.

Oreki Gen shook his head.

"I've learned a lot, too. If the results are really bad, don't give me that share. Just count it as my tuition."

Kobayashi Ayaka's eyes widened.

"How can you curse your own work like that?"

Oreki Gen said in surprise: "How can it be my work? It's yours."

Kobayashi Ayaka smiled and shook her head, then rubbed Orekigen's head.

Be as kind as adults treat children.

“As long as you participate, it’s your work. You have a talent for dubbing and your voice is pretty good. If one day you become an expert in dubbing, don’t forget that this is your debut work~”

Oreki Gen nodded with a smile.

"I will still remember that Sister Xiaolin was my guide."

"Hahaha, let's go then. Bye. Feel free to contact me if you need anything."

"Goodbye."

Watching Kobayashi Ayaka and Kozono disappear at the end of the road.

Only myself and Sayuri Yukino beside me were left.

The girl and I were walking on a street that was dark but brightly lit.

With her hands behind her back and light steps, she looks like a real girl.

She turned her head and smiled.

"Ren-chan hasn't come to the club these past few days."

Oreki Gen was a little surprised, thinking that the other party would talk about this game at this time.

"Why do you say this suddenly?"

Sayuri Yukino blinked.

"I thought you wanted to talk about that."

"...That's not what I meant."

Looking at the boy's helpless smile.

Sayuri Yukino looked at the other person curiously.

"That's all you're going to do?"

"..."

Oreki Gen didn't say anything, but looked at Sayuri Yukino strangely.

The girl touched her cheek.

"Is there something on my face? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Oreki Gen shook his head.

"I'm just curious, what do you know, Senior?"

"I don't know anything."

Still pretending to be innocent.

The boy smiled helplessly.

"Forget it. Senior is always like this anyway. She seems to know everything, but also seems to know nothing. But she always likes to butt in other people's business."

“Pfft… Oreki-san is really mean. How should I put it…” She looked up at the sky with only a single moon, which was cold and desolate, and then said, “Because I like to study and observe.”

"Observe us?"

“No, it’s my youth. Oreki-san, haven’t you realized it yet? You guys are part of my youth. Because of you, I will remember this time firmly and will never forget it no matter how long it takes. Just like when you look back on your life in the future, you will think of me.”

Oreki Gen glanced at the other person, then looked away.

"Suddenly a heavy topic."

"It's not heavy, it's just that you are used to escaping."

"Escape?"

Oreki Xian asked curiously.

Sayuri Yukino nodded.

"Yes, leaving it alone is a form of escape. This is not a game of placement. Many things will only get worse and worse if left alone. If you can't talk about something at the time, you will be even more difficult to talk about it later."

Oreki Gen felt that the other party was hinting at something, but he was used to it. This girl was like that. Her ambiguous words could touch your soft spot.

Only this time...she poked in the wrong place.

Oreki Gen suddenly stopped.

"Senior."

"Ok?"

Sayuri Yukino looked at Oreki Gen in surprise.

Just then, a relaxed and bright smile suddenly appeared on the young man's face.

In this starless night, he seemed like a brilliant galaxy.

Colorful and flashing.

"I didn't run away."

"Is it?"

Sayuri Yukino looked suspicious.

I watched as Oreki Gen walked to the edge of the street and reached out to stop a taxi for Sayuri Yukino.

It was not until he saw Sayuri Yukino get into the back seat of the taxi that he leaned over the door, bent down and said with a smile.

"It's just a retreat to advance."

"What..."

69: Call me brother! (It’s the end of the month, please give me a vote!)

"Congratulations to our classmate Oreki Genji. He got first place in the class and second place in the grade in this test!"

"Eh? Is this really Oreki Tsubasa?"

"It's fine if he's just so handsome, but his grades are suddenly so good? Don't let me live!"

"Huh? He's the second in the grade, so who's the first?"

"Needless to say, besides that person...who else could it be?"

Intertwined among the scattered applause were the whispers of a few words.

The boy sitting by the window didn't care much.

There was only a shy smile on his face, but his eyes were actually quite calm and cold, and he didn't even seem to be proud of it at all.

Rather than the envy in other people's eyes or the jealous discussions, he would rather take a look at the scenery outside the window.

In fact, there was no scenery at all. It was just that the birds happened to fly across the blue sky and did not stay on the branches.

The crow on the telephone pole seemed to look into the young man's vague eyes, then turned its head and moved to another window.

There was a calm girl.

She was so calm that she was even a little cold, as if she was isolated from the world, as if no one had anything to do with her and the world had nothing to do with her.

Her beautiful profile is facing the bright sunshine.

"That's amazing... You're number one in the grade again... Will you always be number one in the grade no matter how many times you take the test?"

"That should be about right, right? After all, who can shake Asagiri-san's position? She is different from us. She probably spends all her time on homework, right?"

"She's so pretty, but she only has her eyes on studying... She never participates in any group activities, and it seems like she doesn't even have any friends... Is it really worth it?"

"Is a person's student life only about grades? Such beauty is wasted..."

She was used to comments like this.

It seems that such voices appear every time the head teacher announces the grades.

The envy at first, the sarcasm later...I've become accustomed to it.

She understood this feeling.

People are good at comforting themselves, and are even better at analyzing the "meaning" when others do something that they cannot do.

It's not to find a legitimate reason, it's just to make other people's efforts seem to be in vain.

Other people's talents are like waste paper.

She doesn't care about these things. She knows very well what the meaning of learning is.

What she knew more clearly was that if she was not willing to sell her soul, there was only one way to change her fate and past misfortunes.

only...

First in this grade.

It seems like there is really no sense of reality, it's always like this...

Asagiri Ran was thinking so, when she suddenly heard.

"That's about enough, right? Is it necessary to say that about her?"

The somewhat unexpected sound made the girl look over.

It's Kujo Nao.

It's not like the hypocritical look of the past where he seemed to be smooth-talking and didn't offend anyone.

She even stood between the man and woman who were talking and said these words directly.

The students who were discussing Asagiri Ran just now were stunned and looked at Kujo Nao strangely.

"We... it's okay, right? We don't have any other intentions..."

Kujo Nao shook her head and looked at them seriously.

"Asagiri-san is my friend. Whether it's her grades or being number one in the grade, I know that she got it through hard work. So please don't trample on her hard work like this, okay?"

"I...we know."

The crowd left in a panic and dispersed.