I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

At about 1:40, he arrived at the school gate, and it took him at least 20 minutes to reach the brass band.

Thinking of this, her already leisurely pace became slower than that of a few girls who were walking and playing with umbrellas not far away.

They spun their umbrellas around and played a game in which they flung the water off the umbrellas onto each other.

These students should also be in the wind orchestra, right?

perhaps.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa is not very clear either.

As an instructor, he only knew a few students in his class in the wind orchestra.

Of course, the most familiar one is——

"Good afternoon, Mr. Pingchuan."

Shinohara Shiori walked up quickly from behind and greeted him.

"Well, Shinohara-san, good afternoon." Hirakawa Tetsufumi was not surprised when he saw the girl who suddenly appeared beside him.

"Before I came here, I was worried that Mr. Hirakawa had forgotten."

"No way, this kind of thing."

"Maybe."

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa firmly believes that these people have a misunderstanding of his image.

Chapter 111 Miss Shinohara is not shy

Through a layer of light rain curtain composed of raindrops, Shinohara Shiori stared at the teacher beside her with a smile.

She saw the teacher only after she entered the school.

He walked really slowly and caught up easily.

However, the question of how Shinohara Shiori appeared is not important now. Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked at the girl beside him with a little trouble.

The interactions between people are indeed full of misunderstandings, and he believes that such misunderstandings cannot be allowed to exist.

"Well... Actually, Shinohara-san, I think you have some misunderstandings about the teacher."

"Misunderstanding?" Shinohara Shiori raised her umbrella a little so that she could see clearly the gaze of the teacher next to her.

"Yes, misunderstanding."

"Have it?"

"Of course. For example, I will never forget something I have promised." Tetsufumi Hirakawa said with certainty.

Saying that you were worried that he would forget was absolutely a misunderstanding. He was not a person who did not keep his promises.

"Will Mr. Hirakawa still care about this kind of thing?"

"Of course I care."

“But I don’t think this is a misunderstanding.”

“It’s definitely a misunderstanding.”

This teacher always seemed to insist on his own opinions unexpectedly on some strange points. For example, at the beginning, he refused to admit that he didn't come to the wind band because he was lazy.

I really don’t know whether to say I’m stubborn or what else to say.

Shinohara Shiori stared at Hirakawa Tetsufumi's face somewhat helplessly.

After a moment, as he looked at her with increasing confusion, the girl replied, "In fact, Mr. Hirakawa had said before that he would come to the orchestra, but everyone saw what happened afterwards."

"..."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi was stunned by this sentence for a moment.

"Ah...this."

“Did the student say something wrong?”

"Well... it's wrong. It's absolutely wrong."

"Where's the mistake?"

"..."

Damn it, is this the image of a teacher in the students' minds? And it was pointed out to me in person.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa absolutely cannot accept this fact.

His face was frozen. Although he felt that he had lost, he was still trying his best to hold on for the sake of his dignity as a teacher. "I said before that I would come to the orchestra, but I didn't say that I would always come. So in the end, I didn't breach the contract."

But after saying it, I realized that this excuse was obviously weak and——

Shinohara Shiori pursed her lips in amusement: "Teacher Hirakawa, this kind of nitpicking is too much..."

She paused, thinking about what adjective to use.

"Shameless... No, too cunning."

"..."

Hey, you're taking too long to change your words? You said it like this and then changed your words. Are you really not saying it on purpose for him to hear?

Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked at Shinohara Shiori in disbelief, and Shinohara Shiori gave her a slightly apologetic look.

There's no use apologizing now.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked away.

Looking forward, the sound of raindrops drifted down from the dim sky, landed silently on the wet ground, and then dissolved without a trace.

The girl beside me sighed faintly in the sound of rain.

Then he spoke softly.

"Even though Mr. Hirakawa is my most respected teacher, I cannot agree with him on this point. After all, Mr. Hirakawa did not fulfill his duties as a mentor before."

"..."

The sound was indeed very small, but it was definitely louder than the sound of the rain.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked back.

However, Shinohara Shiori didn't know when she put down her umbrella, so her delicate face was hidden from his observation.

From his perspective, he could only see the rain leaving behind crystal clear raindrops on her umbrella. The raindrops slid down the smooth curved surface of the umbrella until they reached the edge of the umbrella, where they hung and finally fell down, scattering on the ground.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa withdrew his gaze from the falling raindrops.

"Ok?"

he asked aloud.

"..."

But in the end, apart from the sound of rain and footsteps, the only sound was the laughter of a girl who was playing the umbrella spinning game not far away.

The girl didn't know why and stopped talking.

"..."

but……

Forget it, for the sake of the words "most respected teacher", he decided to forgive the girl's previous rudeness.

After thinking for a long time, Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at the shoe cabinet that appeared in his sight not far away, and thought quite generously.

By the way, generally speaking, speakers will put the important things at the end, such as the famous “But the key point comes after that.”

It’s just that, it seems, some people who are not very frank will put the key point first, and then use other words to cover up their purpose.

This way of expressing one's thoughts in a non-frank manner, wanting to hide them yet not hiding them, can sometimes be quite cute.

As Hirakawa Tetsufumi thought about it, he couldn't help but find it a little funny and smiled.

Just like that, in the silence of the last few steps, Tetsuru Hirakawa and Shiori Shinohara, who was gradually falling behind him, walked slowly forward in the rain, and waited until they walked into the shoe closet and changed their shoes.

As they stepped onto the stairs of the club building, the two of them, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.

"Student Shinohara."

"Yeah." Shinohara Shiori's expression was now normal and calm.

"Before, you said that there are some problems with the wind orchestra, right?" When they were almost at the wind orchestra, Hirakawa Tetsufumi remembered the main topic, the purpose of this trip.

"Yes."

"What's the problem?"

"about this……"

"Please tell me."

Shinohara Shiori's gaze lingered on the profile of Hirakawa Tetsufumi: "As a mentor, Mr. Hirakawa should go find it himself."

"Is this so..."

“That’s the job of the instructor.”

"Eh……"

"Is not it?"

The only thing is that Shinohara Shiori will never relax again when it comes to her duties as a teacher.

She has made her decision, and she will supervise it carefully from now on.

Faced with such a strict Miss Shinohara, Tetsufumi Hirakawa had no choice but to nod his head.

"……Yes Yes."

"What happened before, I said it was okay, so Mr. Hirakawa was unwilling to verify it himself. This dereliction of duty must never happen again."

“…Okay, okay.”

As expected, the identity of a teacher was not something that Miss Shinohara was afraid of. He didn't know when he started to be criticized whenever he faced this student.

Regarding this kind of behavior, in a real sense, he is the student, right?

Ok……

However, Han Yu said, "A teacher does not have to be better than his students," so there is no problem at all.

Having found an excuse, Tetsufumi Hirakawa suddenly felt at ease.

Just criticize if you are criticized by students.

Of course, it’s right to think so in his heart, but Tetsufumi Hirakawa will never admit defeat verbally.

"But I think that represents my trust in Shinohara-san. Shinohara-san said it's okay, so I think it's okay. That's the trust."

"..."

After saying this, Shinohara Shiori and Hirakawa Tetsufumi both fell silent.

Hirakawa Zhewen was silent because, he suddenly thought, this sentence seemed a little familiar, as if he had just said it to someone not long ago...

who?

Is that Mr. Hisada?

It seems to be because of the minutes of the teaching and research meeting.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was lost in thought.

However, I remember that Mr. Hisada saw through my nonsense excuses immediately.

However... It seems that the student next to him is serious.

With a strange look on his face, Hirakawa Tetsufumi glanced at Shinohara Shiori, who lowered her head and said nothing, and blinked innocently.

Chapter 113 Rainy Day, Saturday Afternoon Band

Looking inside from the open door of the wind band activity room, a number of people have gathered in the spacious concert hall.