I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

"Excuse me, what's the matter?"

Shinohara Shiori glanced at the girl's school uniform, especially the badge tattooed on her left chest - from the powerful wind instrument school, Uyama - then her gaze moved to her eyes, which were slightly unnaturally swollen.

"It's you." After turning around and seeing Ye Yue Liya, Amamiya Yoya immediately reacted.

Ye Yue Li Ya looked at the two of them, and her soft Kyoto accent was a little hoarse: "Where is Pingchuan?"

"..."

"Teacher Pingchuan?" Yu Gongye asked in surprise, "You are looking for Teacher Pingchuan?"

"Yes."

"why?"

"No reason."

stare--

Amamiya Ye's eyes were full of suspicion.

After staring for a while and thinking about it, Yu Gongye spoke:

"I can tell you..."

As he said that, he raised his finger and pointed at Ye Yue Li Ya, interrogating: "But you have to explain what you meant by that sentence yesterday afternoon."

"..."

Hazuki Reiya looked at Amamiya Yo, then turned to Shinohara Shiori, who looked away as if she was not interested.

"..."

Ye Yue Li Ya felt that she didn't have the patience to explain to these two students.

That’s it, don’t look for him anymore - there is still such thought.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

When she opened her eyes, she stared at Amamiya Ye and spoke quickly: "What I meant by that sentence yesterday was that Pingchuan told me a lot of things, about him, about him and that classmate Shinohara over there."

That Shinohara classmate over there: "..."

"She was his first love, and he couldn't let her go. Even after they broke up, he still liked her. But he couldn't do that because he was a teacher. In order to completely sever the relationship, he had to resign. But even after resigning, he was still hesitant and didn't feel comfortable leaving like that - that's what they call being obsessed with her. He told me this himself."

"..."

"..."

"..."

The scene was quiet for quite a while.

"Is it okay?" Ye Yue Liya asked.

"..." Amamiya Ye was unable to react.

On the other side, Shinohara Shiori, who had not cared at first, looked over silently and looked at Hazuki Reiya.

Hazuki Reiya noticed her.

"Hirakawa is in Kyoto?"

"...not."

"In Tokyo?"

"……Um."

"Where in Tokyo?"

"Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku..."

Shinohara Shiori, who was obviously a smart young lady from a prominent family, now looked a little silly. She blinked her eyes in a silly way and answered subconsciously.

The address was just spoken.

……

The problem is solved.

Amemiya Ye looked at Ye Yue's departing back, watching her walk away and disappear from her sight.

She turned around and looked at Shinohara Shiori.

The young lady was still in a daze, looking in the direction where Ye Yueli disappeared.

"..."

"..."

After a while, Shinohara Shiori finally noticed Amemiya Yo's gaze.

The two looked at each other.

"..."

"..."

As they looked at each other, Shinohara Shiori suddenly turned and left.

"Eh."

Amamiya Ye immediately rushed over: "Shinohara. Did you hear that?"

Shinohara Shiori quickened her pace.

Amemiya Ye ran up: "Did you hear it? I definitely heard it! I heard it all - she said - Teacher Pingchuan can't let you go. Hey, just tell me, there is definitely still a chance!"

"..."

Shinohara Shiori stopped and Amemiya Yo was able to catch up with her. Then she turned around with a cold expression.

"?" Yu Gong Ye stared in confusion.

Shinohara Shiori spoke each word with emphasis: "Amamiya-san, I heard it, you don't need to tell me."

"That--"

"stop."

"..."

Amemiya Ye, who was stopped, seemed a little aggrieved.

But after a few seconds, she realized something was wrong.

Nearby, several passers-by looked at her with doubtful eyes because of what she had just said, "Teacher Pingchuan can't let you go."

"..."

"..."

Shinohara Shiori turned around again and walked away quickly, and Amamiya Ye hurriedly followed her with her head down.

……

……

……

"Shinohara."

"..."

"Shinohara!"

"..."

"Student Shinohara."

"What's going on, Amamiya-san?"

In the evening, in the hotel room, after Amemiya Ye called her several times close to her ear, Shinohara Shiori finally had to respond to her.

Of course, even when she responded, her eyes were still on the book in her hand, and she did not look at Amamiya Ye.

Such an attitude certainly made Amamiya Ye dissatisfied.

A hand reached out and forcefully slammed the book shut.

"Shinohara-san!" Amemiya Yo raised her voice.

Shinohara Shiori's gaze left the book, followed her arm, and looked at Amamiya Yo.

"You finished reading this book yesterday, right?" Amamiya Ye glanced at the title of the book.

“Just watching it again.”

"Heh." After hearing Shinohara Shiori's answer, Amemiya Ye stared at her eyes closely, as if trying to see through her thoughts.

"Stop avoiding it. When will you answer this question directly?"

"What am I avoiding?"

"Did you hear what the girl we met said?"

"What can happen if you heard it?" Shinohara Shiori said lightly.

But Amamiya Ye was not so easily dismissed: "You have been avoiding questions about this body since then. Now, here, you should answer it, right?"

“I didn’t shy away.”

"You have."

"No."

"Then answer me directly."

"Answer what?"

"What do you think?"

"I don't have any ideas."

"You're lying." Yu Gongye didn't believe it.

Shinohara Shiori turned to the other side.

Amamiya Ye followed and appeared in front of Shinohara Shiori's sight again: "You still say you didn't avoid it?"

"No."

"That person said that it was Mr. Pingchuan who told her personally."

"not my business."

"Why is it none of your business?"

"It's over—"

The usual rhetoric was interrupted: "It's not over!"

"already--"

"It's not over yet!" Amamiya Ye said firmly, "There is still a chance to save it. There is still a chance."

"..."

"After hearing this news, don't you have any ideas at all? Don't you want to give it a try? Go and ask Mr. Pingchuan what he thinks and whether it's really like what that girl said."

“…I don’t want to.” Shinohara Shiori turned her face away.

"Then why are you avoiding my sight?" Amemiya Ye followed closely, and their eyes met again.

“……”Shinohara Shiori said nothing.

The two looked at each other in silence for a long time.

Then, Shinohara Shiori broke the silence: "Why do you take someone's words seriously?"

"Although I don't know the specific process, but for her to know such a thing and know it in such detail, it can only be that Mr. Pingchuan told her in person. There can't be any other way - you admit it."

"…Even if it's true, maybe it was just a previous thought."

"Even if I quit, I can't let go. Didn't you hear this?"

“……” Shinohara Shiori thought of the teacher before she left and went to her home.