Tokyo Soft Rice King

You're a useless gigolo!

If you are a man, stand up!

Although he didn't say it out loud, Kuroba Akira read the above from the resentful look that Sumitomo Ryouta gave him.

Immature students have difficulty controlling their emotions...

Don't let this incident cause him to turn from love to hate, become evil, and do something anti-social and anti-human.

You have to know that high school students who live a simple life are very unpredictable and can do anything under extreme circumstances.

We still have to nip the danger in the bud.

Thinking of this, Hei Yuming sighed, stood up, patted the class monitor on the shoulder and said.

"Class monitor, please go to the Arts Department and have dinner with the other members."

Anri Hitomi was stunned for a moment. She thought what she said was decisive enough, and that the matter would be settled when Sumitomo Ryota was too embarrassed to leave on his own, but she didn't expect that Kuroba Ming would still stand up.

"What about you, Kuroba-kun?"

"Sumitomo-kun was looking for me in the first place. Sometimes, catching the gloves thrown by the other party is also a kind of etiquette."

Kuroba Akira gave the squad leader a look that said, "Leave it to me." After understanding what he meant, Asato Hitomi hesitated a little, but finally nodded.

"...I understand, but if this turns into a fight between you, I will go to Motoko-sensei and explain the matter."

"No, it's just a friendly exchange between men."

After saying that, Hei Yuming left his seat and walked towards the back door first. He turned back and hooked his finger at Sumitomo Ryota who was still in a daze.

"Come on, don't you have something to tell me? I'll just talk to you reluctantly."

Sumitomo Ryota came to his senses and quickly followed.

After they went out the back door, Hei Yuming asked him.

"So, where are we going? Why don't you find a place somewhere else, or just in the hallway? We'll be surrounded if we talk here."

"……follow me."

Led by Ryouta Sumitomo, the two walked out of the school building and came to the back of the sports warehouse, a place where no one would come during lunch break, making it a perfect place for bullying to occur.

However, bullying is rarely seen in Hibiya High School, or rather, "overt bullying" is rarely seen.

Students who are able to get into this high school would not do such stupid things as extortion in school.

After arriving at the place, Hei Yuming started the conversation with his hands in his pockets.

"Tell me, what do you want to ask?"

Along the way, Sumitomo Ryota was also thinking about what to say to Kuroba Akira. He also discovered that Kuroba Akira might not be the bad guy who deceived Xiaotong as he thought, nor was he a soft guy hiding behind a woman.

After his anger level dropped, Sumitomo Ryota regained his sanity. He had a lot of things he wanted to figure out.

"...What is your relationship with Xiaotong?"

"Classmate relationship."

"Don't be ridiculous! You definitely know what I'm talking about! What on earth are you up to?"

Hei Yuming looked puzzled.

"What trick?"

"Stop playing dumb! I know that bento was made for you! But Xiaotong clearly told us that she wouldn't cook for anyone before we get married!"

"Oh?"

Is there such a setting?

Hei Yuming really didn't expect that the simple act of "making a bento" would contain such an ambiguous meaning.

By the way, how did Sumitomo Ryota know about this?

It seems that he is not just a bootlicker?

However, before Kuroba Akira could ask about the relationship between him and Asato Hitomi, Sumitomo Ryota asked him first with a complicated expression.

"Are you...her fiancé?"

"Huh? What era is it and you still have a fiancé..."

Hei Yuming was speechless. Feudal arranged marriages had long been out of date, let alone in this half-red Japan.

"I can't think of any other possibility. The only possibility is that you and she are engaged, so she made lunch for you."

"Uh... I think you're getting a bit stuck in a rut. Why do you have such strange thoughts?"

"She told us this herself. She said she would only make bento for her future husband. Xiaotong and I were childhood friends."

“Oh wow…”

So that’s it, childhood playmates, childhood sweethearts.

That's why he called the class monitor "Xiaotong". It turns out he wasn't trying to be intimate to get closer to her.

With this identity, he naturally thinks that he is Anri Hitomi's good friend, so he always considers Anri Hitomi.

But in fact, after entering high school, the relationship between the two was not as good as before, and they gradually drifted apart, so he was so anxious that he did irrational things to hinder the class monitor.

Then, when he saw that Kuroba Akira, a guy who came out of nowhere, replaced his former position and even had a closer relationship with Asato Hitomi than he used to have, he could not accept this reality that felt like he was being NTreddled.

It was obviously me who came first!

I am her best friend!

This is naked jealousy.

It must be making him feel unhappy that his childhood playmate is now with someone else.

Good boy, it turns out that the yellow-haired guy mistook me for a yellow-haired guy...

But this also shows that he didn't see the problem clearly at all and has always lived in his own world.

"Tsk...so that's why little brats are trouble..."

Hei Yuming complained quietly in his native dialect.

He also started to feel a little unhappy.

It turns out that I wasn't dealing with a love rival, but rather dealing with interpersonal relationship problems left over from my childhood.

"So, if you were childhood friends, why did it become like this?"

"I want to know too!"

Sumitomo Ryouta couldn't help but roar in anger, but this anger was no longer directed at Kuroba Ming, but was venting the confusion in his heart.

"When we were little, the five of us always played together... until one day, Xiaotong suddenly told us that she would no longer play with us..."

"Oh, did she give a reason?"

"No! That's why I don't know what to do... I just want Xiaotong to come back to us... and be with us like before..."

"You never asked?"

"Of course I did ask! But... she didn't give me a direct answer."

"She didn't give you a direct answer, but that means she did give you an answer, didn't she? Even if she didn't explicitly state the reason, you couldn't understand the underlying meaning?"

Hei Yuming also knew that the class monitor was very good at hiding her inner thoughts. After all, although she was not an actor, she had practiced her acting skills to a high level.

Girls' minds are inherently complex and changeable. If you don't analyze them carefully like you would in a murder case, you will never understand their true thoughts.

But as long as you can touch her sensitive heart, she will be willing to express her true feelings.

You know, the class monitor is a potential sadistic queen who would grab the collar and swear.

After hearing Kuroba Akira's question, Sumitomo Ryouta was forced to recall the day when Asato Hitomi called him "Ryouta-kun" for the last time.

correct……

From that day on, the relationship between me and Asato Hitomi changed.

Chapter 46: The Growth of a Boy

"Ryouta-kun, I really envy you. You don't have to think about complicated things and you always look so happy... I hope you can keep it up in the future..."

What kind of expression was on Xiaotong's face at that time?

Sumitomo Ryota couldn't remember.

No, I don't want to remember it.

Because when he thought about it, he had to accept the reality that her life and his life would become two parallel lines. He had this premonition.

However, after hearing what Kuroba Akira said, the memories buried deep in his heart emerged, as if the young Asato Hitomi was standing in front of him.

There was still a smile on her face, but it was a bitter smile, and behind that bitter smile was the sadness that was about to burst into tears.

That might be his last chance to get close to her heart.

But why didn't I say anything at that time? Why didn't I help her then?

What’s the point of doing some unnecessary things now?

She is no longer the same Anri Hitomi...

Sumitomo Ryota stood there in a daze as if his soul had left his body, but Kuroba Akira did not give him the chance to feel sad.

"Since you've known the class monitor since childhood, you should know her very well, so I might as well be frank. Do you think the class monitor... Anri Hitomi is a girl who can be deceived by sweet talk?"

No, no, definitely not.

Sumitomo Ryota knew very well that Asato Hitomi was a girl smarter than anyone else.

Among the five people who used to play together, Anri Hitomi was the leader. She always came up with ideas and everyone was willing to listen to her.

She is so outstanding, so smart, and seems to be able to do anything...

"Or maybe you're just upset because you weren't the one who tricked her into your life?"

"Gu...!"

Sumitomo Ryota suddenly looked up and glared at Kuroba Akira fiercely, but Kuroba Akira remained unmoved and continued to speak harshly.

"Do you truly believe she's been deceived, and are you acting on her behalf now? Or do you simply hope she's been deceived so you can feel better? At least that way you won't look like a clown."

“Shut up… Shut up!”

Sumitomo Ryota rushed up and grabbed Kuroba Akira by the collar, but Kuroba Akira kept his hands in his pockets, as if he was disdainful to fight with him.

He just wanted Hei Yuming to shut up and stop saying things that would make him realize how terrible he was.

Because at this time, Sumitomo Ryota finally realized that he chose to turn a blind eye at that time because of his strong inferiority complex.

Am I really qualified to stand by her side?

If it were the omnipotent Xiao Tong, she could solve the problem herself...

She is just that powerful, so powerful that she doesn't need anyone's help, so...!

That's why you can't accept her flattery towards you!

"What do you know...! What do you know about her!"

Hei Yuming frowned and put his hand away.

"Yeah, I don't understand her, but you do, so what are you doing?"

"Well……!"

"I can see that you like the monitor."

It's probably too obvious to be true, only a fool can't see it.

"Why are you bringing this up all of a sudden?"

Hei Yuming scratched his head and said a series of words with a look of disgust on his face.