Faced with the blackened heroine, they actually stopped time

Sayuri Yukino shook her head: "It should be because of this ability, otherwise it would be discouraging to take a detour to the end."

"But...why don't I seem to see many of your friends now? Your greatest fame in school is on the social networking platform on the Internet...it shouldn't be like this, right?"

Oreki Gen was somewhat suspicious that what happened to Sayuri Yukino was not as perfect as it was said to be.

Sayuri Yukino looked at Oreki Gen with a smile.

"Do you want to know more now?"

"... Isn't it just the right topic to talk about this?" Oreki Gen was a little embarrassed by the other person's eyes. Such a close distance, such a familiar ambiguity, and such an unconcealed communication.

It is hard to resist these watery eyes.

Sayuri Yukino moved closer to Oreki Gen.

The distance between the two seemed to be getting closer and closer.

“Don’t you know that… knowing too much about a person is like getting into their heart… Oreki-san, do you want to get into my heart, or do you want to break into my heart?”

Chapter 31: Wild mandarin ducks?

Bang bang...

Bang bang...

Bang bang...

This is the sound of his own heartbeat. Oreki Xian feels that he is essentially not a very determined person, and perhaps he cannot completely blame it on the apricot desire value.

Maybe I am just not able to resist the beautiful person in front of me.

After all, who doesn’t crave for beautiful things? For example, the starry sky, the vast sea, and the girl leaning on his shoulder on this winter night.

I have never felt that she would be so close to me.

It seemed as if it was out of touch with all my plans and was not part of the arrangement at all.

It was a complete accident, an accident that I was not prepared for.

Just thinking about the fact that this girl could read minds made Oreki Gen feel a little awkward. Could it be that she knew everything he was thinking...?

Isn't that a bit embarrassing?

If such inner struggle is exposed in front of the other party, the thought of living with this girl, the future days... will be too painful.

Like a transparent person, you have no way to hide your thoughts. Even a little instinctive complaint may cause minor friction and unnecessary misunderstandings.

What's more, the other party's ability to read minds may not be an active skill, but a passive one, and he may hear it at any time...

If she sleeps at night with another person beside her, can she sleep well? All thoughts and sounds...

"Oreki-kun, there's no need to think too much. I only hear when I want to hear it. Otherwise, I'm just like a normal person."

"...So what did you just hear?"

Oreki Gen looked at her with some concern.

Wouldn't it be too embarrassing if she could see through my already active mental activities?

Sayuri Yukino pouted slightly.

"You haven't answered my question yet. Isn't it customary to answer first and then ask questions?"

Oreki Xian helplessly reached out and touched his cheek.

"Well, I don't want to cause any more trouble for now... and you're a very calm and rational person, you're not likely to do anything stupid, so please stop teasing me, okay?"

Oreki Gen didn't promise anything, there was no need.

Besides, he didn't think Sayuri Yukino liked him that much. Although men always tend to think that they must be special to a girl, it is often the case that... even if there is special, there will be countless specials.

You won't be the only one.

Although he didn't think Sayuri Yukino was someone who liked to play with people's feelings, he felt that she might be dominated by impulse sometimes, not to mention... he didn't actually do anything.

Sayuri Yukino glanced at Oreki Tsune, then distanced herself from him again.

She smiled.

"I'm not drunk, so don't worry that I'm impulsive. But to be fair, I have a crush on Oreki-san. That's true."

"Uh..."

Are girls nowadays so good at playing straight?

Why not play hard to get? So that I can show off my ability to play dumb?

What can I say now?

Oreki Gen was in a dilemma.

This doesn't seem to be something I'm particularly good at.

But before Oreki Genji could think of an answer, Sayuri Yukino smiled.

“But it seems like I’m really putting Oreki-san in a difficult position. Your situation isn’t much better than my complicated feelings. Besides, I’m leaving school in the spring, so I don’t want Oreki-san to worry about me anymore.”

Indeed... By the last quarter of next spring, the other party will have to choose a completely new life path, leaving school and going to university? Or entering society, or resuming their old business, becoming an internet celebrity, a cosplayer, or something like that.

No matter what, you can be sure that the other person will disappear from your life for at least a year. There may be contact, but you will definitely not be able to see them every day.

It may sound a bit sad to say this, but human growth requires constant experience of various separations.

"You don't have to say that. I think Yukino-senpai is a very good person. At least she's a rare person who makes me feel comfortable around her. So I've never been worried about you. Maybe I'll be a little reluctant when you leave school."

"Then you can leave me here?"

"Why are you staying here? Are you going to repeat a grade?"

No, I was just talking, are you serious? Seeing the other person's sudden serious expression, Oreki broke out in a cold sweat.

Sayuri Yukino laughed happily.

"Look, I scared you. I just wanted to experience the plot in an idol drama. When the heroine says she wants to leave without hesitation, the hero should be reluctant to let her stay."

I am indeed the male lead, but do I...really hope that you are the female lead?

Oreki Gen couldn't help but think.

Oreki Gen's reverie had not yet dissipated.

"boom!!"

There was a sudden shattering sound in this quiet park.

What is that sound of a glass bottle being smashed? It's coming from...very close.

Suddenly, Sayuri Yukino was startled, and Oreki Gen was also stunned and looked over.

Then I saw three figures appear in the shadow where there was no street light.

Different body types.

The one in the lead was so tall that if you didn't know, you might think he was a black bear. He wasn't as tall as an adult black bear, but he gave off a bad aura.

The two people next to them, one with dyed blond hair and the other with a buzz cut and a skinny look, but in this weather they wore leather jackets and approached the two people on the bench with bottles of wine in their hands.

Suddenly, Sayuri Yukino had a bad feeling.

She gritted her teeth.

"He doesn't look like a good person..."

"fine."

Oreki Gen tried to calm the girl who was frightened by the wine bottle. He stood up and stood in front of Sayuri Yukino, facing the three men who were approaching him.

In fact, he is just a young man in his twenties, but he is dressed in a ruffian style. I don’t know if it is intentional or he is really not afraid of the cold. In this weather, he rolled up his sleeves, revealing the tattoo on his arm.

"Hey, look what I ran into late at night, a pair of wild mandarin ducks coming to the park to have fun, hahahaha."

The burly young man in the lead smiled exaggeratedly and casually, holding the half-full bottle of wine, as if this gesture alone was enough to scare most people.

The young man with earrings next to him laughed even more exaggeratedly.

He just looked at Oreki Gen.

"Look at the way you're dressed, are you still a student?"

Another shorter young man smiled and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. After all, students don't have the money to rent a room. We can only find a place like this. We don't know if our hands will get frozen."

The sturdy young man in the lead laughed even more happily: "Hahahaha, it will definitely be cold. Can't you rub it before you put it in? Warm it up before touching it. But your butt might get frozen..."

Oreki Gen looked back at Sayuri Yukino behind him; she had already stood up.

Hearing this, the girl was so angry that she was shaking.

Even his fists were clenched.

"What are you talking about? You are a bunch of social scum... If you don't leave, I will call the police for harassment."

"Call the police? Hahahaha! You can make this call in front of us buddies, I believe you!"

The leading young man immediately stopped smiling and turned his expression into a threat, with a ferocious look on his face, and even the wine bottle was slightly raised.

At this time, Oreki Gen looked at the other party.

"What on earth are you doing here? It seems that Sakura City is not a lawless place."

Although that's what he said, Oreki Gen also knew that this bustling neighborhood was not so safe at night. There were some complicated evil forces. After all, there is a saying that the more prosperous a place is, the more likely it is to cause chaos.

When there are more money transactions, some people who walk on the edge of the gray area will appear for the sake of profit. Ordinary people will not usually encounter such people, except for such accidents, of course.

"Hey, kid, do you know what a lawless place is? Do you want me to teach you a lesson and tell you what the gray area is? You are lucky to meet me. If it were anyone else, hehe."

Oreki Gen couldn't help but roll his eyes, but he still blocked Sayuri Yukino, and even stretched out his hand slightly to prevent her from having any conflict or contact with the three men. He was afraid that she would get drunk and act impulsively, and do some of the most popular but also the most stupid things in TV dramas and movies.

"So what happens if I run into you guys?"

Oreki Gen was also getting a little impatient.

The ferocious young man smiled and squinted his eyes as he looked at Oreki Gen and said.

"It's very simple. The area around this park... is our territory, understand? Recently, I just need some money. You look good and well-dressed, especially your girlfriend... Tsk tsk tsk, it shouldn't be too much to borrow some money, right?"

He said it was a loan, but the meaning of the look in his eyes and the way the two people beside him came closer and tightened their grip on the bottles of wine...it was already quite obvious what it meant.

Oreki Gen looked at them with amusement.

"Since you know we are all students, why do you think we are rich?"

A fierce look flashed across the young man in front of him, and he turned around first.

Looking at the two people beside him.

"We don't have money. As a student, this is difficult to handle."

They are obviously good friends who have worked together countless times. Of course, in their eyes, they are a golden pair.

The other two said.

"Yeah, but big brother, it would be too embarrassing to just leave like that. If we can't make any money, how about saving a person?"

The sturdy young man nodded in agreement.

"You make sense, let's do it!"

After he said this, he used what he thought was a very good opportunity.

An action that I imagined would be quite like the opening scene of a gangster movie.

He turned around and kicked at Oreki. Why didn't he use the bottle in his hand? It was just a joke. Just have some fun. If they threatened him afterwards, would they dare to say a word? But if someone really died, they would really get in trouble with the police. Who said that gangsters don't use their brains?

It’s just that the so-called brain seems to need something else to support it.

Such as strength.

For example, now, he felt that his powerful kick could directly make the young man fall several meters away and lie on the ground for a long time without breathing.

Then they can do whatever they want to this lovely girl in front of each other. Of course...it's always easy to appease a woman.

Take some pictures.

What's more, at school, any threat would be enough to make her not even dare to think of revenge.

What's more, they are very familiar with this park and there are no cameras here at all.

This kick... is the kick that starts the enjoyment. Yes, he has already started to enjoy it in advance.