I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

Ogasa Suzukiko seemed to be in a daze. When Hirakawa Tetsufumi walked up to her, she hadn't reacted yet.

I waved my hands in front of her eyes before she responded.

"Teacher Pingchuan?" He pushed his gold-framed glasses and asked with a questioning tone.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi explained to her, "Teacher Ogasa, the performance hasn't started yet. Shall we go buy some water? We'll need it after the performance."

"Oh... of course." Ogasa Suzukiko blinked and thought for a moment, then quickly nodded with a simple smile, "Teacher Hirakawa is still the most comprehensive thinker."

After saying that, just as Hirakawa Tetsufumi was about to turn around, suddenly, the girl's voice appeared.

"Teacher Ogasa."

Ogasa Suzukiko stopped.

"It's Shinohara-san, what's wrong?"

She looked at Shinohara Shiori who had appeared beside her out of nowhere.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa also looked over, looking confused.

Shinohara Shiori didn't pay any attention to him at all, but just faced Ogasa Suzukiko and spoke calmly.

"Teacher Ogasa, one teacher must stay here anyway, so, it's me and Teacher Hirakawa who will go."

"Hmm..." The innocent Ogasa Suzukiko didn't have any extra thoughts at all, "It seems so."

"..."

While Hirakawa Tetsufumi was silent, Ogasa Suzukiko agreed: "Then, Shinohara-san, I'm counting on you."

"It's okay—" the girl responded, finally looking him in the face, "Teacher Hirakawa, let's go."

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa didn't say anything, but used his eyes to say, "Teacher Ogasa, it's just a student's words, and you just agreed to it so easily? To be honest, you who stay here may be more easily deceived than the students."

Ogasa Suzukiko didn't understand the look in his eyes and just smiled silly.

"Teacher Hirakawa, thank you for your help as well."

"..."

-

Without saying a word and keeping a certain distance from Shinohara Shiori beside him, Tetsufumi Hirakawa walked towards a nearby convenience store.

Behind him, the students who were preparing for the performance gradually moved away and became smaller.

Shinohara Shiori withdrew her gaze.

"Teacher Pingchuan, don't you have anything to say?"

This was the first conversation between the two.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi ignored the sidelong glances and looked straight ahead: "Nothing."

Shinohara Shiori looked at the teacher next to her, and the distance between them that seemed like strangers, and a smile appeared on her lips.

"I think Mr. Hirakawa should have something to say."

"how you said that?"

"Well, because..." Shinohara Shiori moved a little closer to Hirakawa Tetsufumi, and then as if meeting repelling magnets, Hirakawa Tetsufumi moved away at the same time.

The girl stopped following up and thought before answering.

"Mr. Hirakawa has indeed been avoiding me this week. Whether it's asking questions in class or in the wind band, he's been avoiding me."

"..."

"But I guess it's just because Mr. Hirakawa hasn't figured out how to answer yet, right? After all, it's not your style to keep avoiding things. You're the type who will take the initiative to solve problems when you encounter them."

"..."

"So, when Mr. Hirakawa agreed to come with me to buy water, he must have thought of how to reply to Shiori, right?"

"...Don't act like you know us so well, Shinohara-san." Hirakawa Tetsufumi couldn't help but say.

Shinohara Shiori smiled and asked, "Am I right, Mr. Hirakawa?"

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa answered this question with silence.

The footsteps continued to extend forward.

After a moment, Tetsufumi Hirakawa's calm voice, without any unnecessary emotion, appeared in Shinohara Shiori's ears.

"Shinohara-san, what's the reason? Why?"

In the square, stepping into the slanting sunlight, the smile on Shinohara Shiori's lips seemed a little more energetic under the brilliant golden light.

The dignified footsteps were clearly filled with joy.

She looked up at the sky, which was blue and clear, just like her mood at the moment, without any obstruction.

"If you want to know why."

After expressing my feelings directly, I actually felt a lot more relaxed.

Worrying about gains and losses is indeed the saddest thing in emotions.

“That was last semester.”

"...As expected." Hirakawa Tetsufumi was not too surprised.

"Did you guess it?"

"That's the only thing."

"Yes, it is like that."

"..."

"..."

There was another short silence.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi turned his head and his eyes met the girl's.

"Shinohara-san, first of all—"

From beginning to end, there is no unnecessary emotion mixed in, just plain, plain like the tone of the wind that leaves no trace.

"I appreciate your likes, thank you."

"You're welcome." The eldest lady pursed her lips and answered gracefully.

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was stuck at the word "you're welcome" and waited for a few seconds before continuing.

"It's puberty, isn't it? The seasonal movements during puberty are always like this, because something touches you, you get involved."

"In fact, Shinohara, have you ever thought about it seriously? I only have the advantage of being a teacher. The home visit I made that day was just my duty as a teacher, nothing more."

"Even if it was another classmate instead of Shinohara-san standing in front of me, I would have done the same thing. Therefore, Shinohara-san really doesn't need to have any special feelings about this."

"..."

"is it?"

From her eyes to her tone, Shinohara Shiori disagreed with this view.

However, they had already arrived at the convenience store, so the two of them didn't say anything else and walked in as the clerk said "Welcome".

After they bought the water and walked out of the convenience store, they continued the conversation.

Miss Shinohara was holding half a bottle of mineral water in her hand, which was not heavy.

"Of course I know this, but under the circumstances, Mr. Pingchuan could have just stood by and watched, right? He risked losing his job, but he did it anyway. No matter who the other person is, as long as they are his students, he would help them. It's better to say that this is the charm of Mr. Pingchuan's personality."

Such bold words came out of the girl's light mouth.

"And no matter what the reason is, objectively speaking, Mr. Hirakawa helped me, so in Shiori's heart, you have irreplaceable significance."

The girl's emotions flowed so directly in her words, warmer than the sunshine in early summer.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi was holding two bottles of mineral water and continued to refute Shinohara Shiori without looking at her.

"Shinohara, you will meet many people in your life. With your family background, you will meet many outstanding people. It is not rational to determine your feelings too early and think that they are irreplaceable."

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"Whether it's outstanding or not is not up to Mr. Hirakawa, but Shiori. Please pay attention to this, Mr. Hirakawa."

"..."

"Also, liking someone is a strong subjective emotion, not a rational thing."

"…Subjective emotions, indeed."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi nodded in response.

"Then, Mr. Shinohara, even if we put aside the identity of a teacher, just from my personal opinion——"

"——Teacher Hirakawa is going to reject me, right?"

"Yes. I don't have to respond to your feelings. Please allow me to reject your feelings for you, Shinohara-san."

"Of course, Mr. Hirakawa has the right to refuse."

Shinohara Shiori did not deny this.

"but--"

The girl smiled.

"Shiori also has the right to pursue, right?"

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa opened his mouth and wanted to say something.

Unfortunately, the distance to the convenience store is not enough to support such a long speech.

The girl smiled at him one last time, put down the bottle of mineral water in her hand, and walked into the group of the wind band.

Chapter 190 Shinohara Shiori is abnormally willful

The playing began.

On the first day after the rainy season, the sun was shining brightly under a cloudless sky. In the square in front of the Marunouchi Exit of Tokyo Station, the students of the Moritani Wind Orchestra began their first road show of the school year.

The brilliant golden brass instruments reflected the dazzling luster in the sunlight, dazzling the eyes.

Several spectators gathered nearby to watch. The band conductor, Ogasa Suzukiko, who was so petite that she looked like a high school student, was standing in the front and waving her hands.

So, after a long wait, a real forest began to grow between the boundless sky and the empty square, and between the man-made steel jungle.

The familiar music, Forest Under the Blue Sky, after having been played in the concert hall of the wind orchestra thousands of times, was played for the first time under the real blue sky and in the listening audience.

The melodious melody floats in the air above the square.

Although in the eyes of true "insiders", the music they hear can definitely find many flaws, even with Hirakawa Tetsufumi's half-baked level, he can hear that Moritani is definitely not close to the national gold medal at this time.

The performance of the Uyama Wind Orchestra that I heard in the past is still like a mountain standing before my eyes, insurmountable.

However, the level of skills can be determined through comparison.

As for the national gold medal, Moriya has not yet reached that level.

However, compared with the wind orchestras of ordinary schools, as a participating team in the national competition, the Moritani Wind Orchestra is still at the top of the pyramid of wind orchestras in various universities.

As for ordinary audiences who cannot clearly distinguish between different levels, such as Tetsufumi Hirakawa who first listened to Moriya's performance, their evaluation of this kind of music would probably be -

Beautiful.

The music echoing in my ears, especially the lark singing loudly under the blue sky...

The solo from the eldest daughter of the Shinohara family leads the performance to the climax.

As a result, the number of spectators surrounding the wind band formation gradually increased.

Even passers-by who have their own purpose and walk by without stopping will unconsciously slow down their pace when they hear this music.