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"Huh~Huh~You don't look like everything is fine." Looking at Ichinose squatting in the corner with her head buried between her legs, Kanda Shuichi said slightly out of breath.

Although his body has basically recovered this time, the anaerobic exercise of dozens of meters just now still made Kanda Shuichi slightly out of breath.

Hearing Kanda Shuichi's voice nearby, Ichinose raised his head and began to sob softly.

"Well, I said..."

Just when Shuichi Kanda was about to say something, the sound of students talking was heard not far away.

Shuichi Kanda immediately shut up, walked into the elevator, closed the door, and pressed the button for the fourth floor.

Finally, the elevator was running before anyone else arrived.

I breathed a sigh of relief and looked back. Ichinose was still the same, as if he had suffered a huge blow.

The elevator quickly reached the fourth floor. After a slight hesitation, Kanda Shuichi grabbed Ichinose's wrist and pulled her up without saying a word while she was squatting on the ground.

I hope that no strange rumors will spread tomorrow - that Kanda Shuichi from Class D made Class A's leader Ichinose Honami cry in the elevator.

"Come with me."

Thanks to her persistence in exercising during this period, otherwise Kanda Shuichi might not be able to pull her.

But it was obvious that Kanda Shuichi was overthinking, because Ichinose looked dazed and confused at the moment. She was just subconsciously following Kanda Shuichi.

He pulled Ichinose all the way back to the dormitory, and only breathed a sigh of relief after Kanda Shuichi closed the door.

Although Kanda Shuichi is not afraid of rumors, once such a thing gets out, it will probably affect Ichinose's reputation, and Kanda Shuichi will also be in trouble.

After locking the door, Kanda Shuichi turned around and was about to say something to Ichinose, but found that Ichinose was already squatting beside the bed like he was in the elevator.

Only this time, she didn't bury her head completely in her legs. Instead, she exposed her eyes and stared blankly at the wooden floor.

Looking at Ichinose like this, Kanda Shuichi suddenly felt guilty for some reason.

Wouldn't it be possible that giving a gift would directly harm the other person?

At the same time, he also discovered one of his weaknesses, which was that he couldn't stand seeing women crying in front of him, especially crying because of himself.

Someone once said that girls' tears are very lethal.

Kanda Shuichi didn’t believe it before, but now he does.

"Um, Ichinose-san?"

Kanda Shuichi called out to the other party tentatively, and Ichinose raised his head and looked at Kanda Shuichi.

"why?"

why?

What why?

I want to know why too!

"Why did you give me that thing?"

Ichinose’s words stunned Kanda Hideichi. So this is what he was asking?

"Because when we went to the swimming pool during the summer vacation, I noticed that you seemed to be very concerned about this hairpin that appeared on Kamuro's head, so I wondered if you liked it or not."

In this situation, Kanda Hideichi had no choice but to answer honestly, but of course he was only half honest. He had known for a long time that this hairpin had a special meaning to Ichinose, but he didn't expect Ichinose's reaction to be so big, and so negative.

During summer vacation?

Ichinose seemed to remember vaguely that Kamuro had three such silver-white hairpins on his head at that time, and later Kanda Shuichi also pinned that thing on his own head.

Was my reaction so obvious at that time?

"Then why did you give me a gift?"

"I've troubled you a lot with the Student Council." Seeing that Ichinose seemed to have recovered a little, Kanda Shuichi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "I originally planned to give it to you as a birthday present, but your birthday seems to have passed a long time ago, so I planned to give it to you after this exam.

If your class wins, congratulations; if you lose, just consolation."

birthday present……

Hearing this word, Ichinose's memory seemed to go back to that time.

"Kanda-san...I have something I want to tell you...are you willing to listen?"

Ichinose's breathing was a little rapid, and his hands were clenched tightly together, even shaking slightly from exerting too much force.

There was also a lot of uneasiness in his voice. It was clearly a request, but to Kanda Hideichi, it seemed to have turned into a beg.

What on earth could have made you so humble...

Looking at Ichinose like this, Kanda Shuichi did not refuse and nodded: "If you think I am qualified to listen."

"Kanda... classmate, of course you are qualified."

Ichinose said quietly, then looked up at Kanda Shuichi.

"...I, I am guilty...I...stole something."

The disgusted expression that I thought I would see did not appear, and Kanda Hideichi did not even have the slightest psychological fluctuation after hearing Ichinose's words.

He just nodded slowly to show that he was listening.

Then, Ichinose began to talk about what happened when he was in the third year of junior high school.

"My family is a single-parent family with only my mother and a younger sister who is two years younger than her. Although our life is not rich, I don't think it is unfortunate."

again……

Katsuragi's parents are both dead, Ayanokouji only has his father, my own parents are both dead, and now there is Ichinose who only has his mother. What's wrong with this school...

Besides Ayanokouji, everyone here has a younger sister...

"My mother had to work while raising two children, so it was always very hard. That's why I always wanted to go out to work after graduating from high school, so that my mother would have less work to do and my sister could live a happy life."

When talking about his sister, Ichinose's face softened.

"But your mother will definitely not agree."

After looking at Kanda Shuichi strangely, Ichinose nodded.

Come to think of it, how could a mother who loves her daughter let her outstanding daughter go out to work after graduating from high school?

As for why we judge that Ichinose's mother loves her... It's simple, Ichinose said that her life is not miserable.

"Just like I hope my sister can live a happy life, my mother also hopes that I can live a happy life."

For this reason, Ichinose studied very hard, hoping to use the scholarship to reduce the burden on her mother. Her sister was also very well-behaved and sensible. She never asked for anything and would not go out to play with her friends, so she endured it all the time.

However, human patience has its limits. Before Ichinose's birthday, when she was still in the first year of junior high school, she got what she wanted for the first time, which was a hairpin used by her favorite star.

Hearing this, Kanda Shuichi immediately realized that what Ichinose wanted was the hairpin that he had given to Ichinose Honami.

In order to satisfy her daughter's little willfulness, Ichinose's mother endured the discomfort and worked overtime. The final result was that she had health problems and was admitted to the hospital.

Naturally, Ichinose was not able to get the hairpin that she wanted.

"I still remember it until now. I remember my mother crying and apologizing to my sister on the hospital bed, and my sister scolding her mother... She cried and shouted for the hairpin she had been waiting for for a long time..."

Shuichi Kanda could understand this, because he remembered that when he was a child he also wanted something very much. He cried and rolled on the ground, swearing, and then he was taught a lesson by his parents.

After all, Ichinose's sister was just a first-year junior high school student at the time, 13 years old?

It only takes a moment for a mature adult to collapse, let alone a child?

Moreover, that was something Ichinose's mother promised her. Sometimes, children would hate adults who did not keep their promises very much.

As for understanding...

Ha ha!

How many people can understand their parents at the age of 13?

At least Shuichi Kanda can't.

"...Looking at those two people, my heart really hurt. I wanted to make my sister happy and didn't want my mother to continue to be sad, so after school on my sister's birthday, I went to the department store."

Having said this, Ichinose let out a trembling breath.

"At that time, the feelings I had must have been dark... What does it matter? I just did something bad for my sister. It's no big deal. After all, there are so many people who do bad things in this world, and I'm not the only one.

We have been patient until now, there is no need to be blamed, even if we do this, we will be forgiven... I kept hypnotizing myself like this, and then stole the hairpin that my sister had always wanted... "

Sorry Ichinose, I know it's not nice to be distracted when you're talking, but it's really hard for me not to think about Masumi.

"Without anyone noticing, I brought the hairpin home and gave it to my depressed sister... Because it was stolen, there was no packaging, so it was very crude as a gift, and it was completely incomparable to the gift Kanda-san gave me today."

Speaking of this, Kanda Hideichi's face turned embarrassed: "You don't need to tease me at this time, right?"

"But my sister was very happy... When I saw her smile, I felt my guilt was relieved for a moment, but it was wrong. After that, my guilt gradually increased."

Ichinose smiled self-deprecatingly.

Looking at Ichinose like this, Kanda Shuichi really wanted to call Kamuro Masumi over and let her see what the normal reaction was after stealing something.

"Because it was stolen, I told my sister not to tell mom. But my sister, as if to prove her sister's love for her, went to visit mom with the hairpin."

"It was impossible for a mother not to notice that her daughter had done something bad. That was the first time I saw her really angry. She slapped me hard and then took the gift from my sister... My sister, who was crying non-stop at the time, probably didn't understand why. She couldn't have imagined that it was her sister who stole it."

"Then, my mother, who was still in the hospital at the time, dragged me to the store and knelt down to ask for forgiveness... When I saw my mother kneeling down to apologize, I realized for the first time how heavy the crime I had committed was. No matter what excuses I made, the crime would not be affirmed."

"In the end, the people in the store didn't hand me over to the police, but the commotion spread quickly. I closed myself off and spent the last six months of my third year of junior high school in my room."

"Later, my homeroom teacher told me about this school. It waives tuition and living expenses, and after graduation, I can work anywhere. So I came here, wanting to start over from scratch."

I see, this is Ichinose's past, the past she has been hiding for so long.

Because she had been staying at home for half a year, the school assigned her to Class B.

After hearing Ichinose's story, Kanda Shuichi didn't know how to comment.

Anyway, he didn't think he should blame Ichinose.

Stealing is indeed wrong, but Kanda Shuichi still feels that Ichinose's mother is really going too far.

Generally speaking, if it happened in one’s previous life, most parents would take their children there and tell the clerk that the child was ignorant and took things secretly, and they didn’t notice it.

The final result is that you either pay the money or return the items, apologize yourself and then ask the child to apologize, and the matter is basically over.

Shop assistants generally don’t choose to call the police. After all, less trouble is worse than more.

Of course, there are also some parents of naughty children who will pretend that nothing happened, and then their children will think that what they did was right, and then...

Anyway, don't even think about doing something like Ichinose's mother kneeling down in front of her child.

Maybe it's because of the different national conditions, but even so, Kanda Shuichi doesn't think what Ichinose's mother did was right.

If Ichinose was just asked to return the things, or if he himself was asked to kneel down and apologize, then Ichinose might not have stayed at home for half a year.

Maybe she felt that she had not educated her daughter well and should apologize, but the end result was that Ichinose almost broke down.

To be honest, after being locked up in the house for half a year because of this kind of thing, Ichinose is really strong enough to not be emo.

"I have a question." Kanda Shuichi suddenly said, "Ichinose, are you the type who is very friendly to others?"

"what?"

Kanda Shuichi's question left Ichinose confused. Why did he suddenly ask this?

"You don't feel that stealing hurt your mother and sister, so you try your best to be kind to others in order to alleviate your guilt, right?"

Ichinose was stunned by Kanda Shuichi's words.

Am I?

"I, I don't know." Ichinose smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Kanda-san, are you disappointed?"

"Disappointed? Why?" Kanda Shuichi tilted his head. "If I'm disappointed in you just because you stole something, then you underestimate me. I don't think you're a saint... No, even saints can make mistakes sometimes, right?"

"Although you did make a mistake, your mother apologized to the clerk on your behalf, and the clerk forgave you. Even this incident itself did not cause any actual losses. I think the matter can be left at that."

"The fact that you could stay at home for half a year because of something like this is what really shocks me."

Hearing Kanda Shuichi's merciless complaints, Ichinose habitually laughed in a flattering manner.

"Ahahaha. Sorry."

"So why are you apologizing again?" Kanda Hideichi stood up, "Wait here, I'm going to go out for a while."

"Eh?"