About the fact that I accidentally turned my sister into a cripple

Chapter 273 Sakakihara Raku's Declaration of Victory
dong dong.

The door was knocked.

dong dong.

Twice again.

"Student Xidao, student Xidao, I am your instructor for the new semester, can you come out and talk? Why don't you come to school?"

Still no response.

Yue Jian Li Daojing stopped at the door of a house built one by one, knocked on the door and tried to knock in twice at the same time, but the situation was obvious, and there was still no response inside the house.

She withdrew her hand, looked back at Sakakibara Raku and Tianhai Jiuliuli who were standing behind her, and shook her head helplessly and said, "As you can see, he didn't respond at all when I called him."

Tianhai Jiuliuli couldn't help asking from behind: "Teacher, are you sure Xidao is at home?"

"Sure. He locks himself at home every day, and he doesn't know what he's messing with—according to Mr. Nishijima I met during my home visit yesterday."

Sakakihara raised a hand: "I want to remind you, did you two not understand something? This is a single-family building, not an apartment. If you knock on the door, you can't hear it on the second floor. You have to press the button." doorbell."

"Ah, is that so?"

"Stupid teacher. Forget it, let me do it."

Sakakihara Raku was just about to ring the doorbell, but was suddenly pulled back by Yazuki Rika, "No need, you see Mr. Nishijima just came."

As soon as Teacher Tsukimi said, Sakakihara Raku saw a man in a suit and leather shoes with a serious expression and a briefcase approaching from the other side of the street. He saw several people standing in front of his house, until he wrote [Nishijima ] before stopping in front of the nameplate.

As soon as Nishidao Ercun saw Mr. Tsukimiri, he bowed down apologetically:

"Troublesome teacher has visited many times."

"Well, this is also the job of a teacher."

"As a father, I didn't know that Damu didn't go to school until yesterday, which is my dereliction of duty anyway." Nishidao Ercun bent over and stood up, his wrinkled eyes closed, and his expression was exhausted.

". Le Jun, I have a question."

Tianhai Jiuliuli was puzzled when he heard this. It stands to reason that the school would contact the parents if Nishidao Omu did not come to school for a long time.

She asked Sakakihara Raku beside her in a low voice.

"Well, according to Mr. Daojing's explanation, Mr. Nishijima's contact information has not been updated, and his parents have been unable to get in touch. That's why Mr. Miyasaka and Mr. Daojing's home visits came to ask Mr. Nishijima in person. What is the situation, but Naihe has been calling people but there is no response, Mr. Daojing just met Mr. Xidao yesterday."

Nishidao No. [-] Village heard the discussion between the two behind Daojing Yuejian, and saw that they were wearing the same school uniform as his son, "You...should be Nishidao's classmates, right?"

"Yes," Sakakihara nodded and admitted, "My name is Sakakihara, and the person next to me is Tianhai Jiuliuli. We are in the same class with him now, and I was also a friend who could talk to him before."

"Friend? That's really troublesome for you to take care of Xidao at school."

"With the liberty to ask, does Mr. Nishijima know why Oki doesn't want to go to school?"

Nishidao Ercun shook his head: "It was only yesterday that I found out that he hasn't been to school. He usually locks himself in his room when he comes back from school, so I didn't notice it. He usually comes out normally when I make breakfast. Have a meal."

In fact, Sakakihara Raku probably guessed the identity of Mr. Nishijima from his upright attire and serious and thin temperament—a white-collar worker of the company, and his class is not low.

"This is the handouts from the last few days after the new school started." Sakakihara took out a stack of printing paper from her school bag.

"I'm sorry to trouble you." Xidao Ercun took a quick look after accepting it, and then sighed heavily.

"Mr. Nishijima. Are you busy with work on weekdays?"

"Yes, the company has a lot of things to deal with."

It seems that there is one commonality among the students of Mingde Yishu—their parents are extremely busy.

Tianhai Jiuliuli keenly captured a detail just now: "Mr. Xidao said that Mr. Xidao will cook all the breakfast?"

"Yes." Nishidao Ercun nodded.

"Where is Mrs. West Island?"

"Passed away last year."

Tianhai Jiuliuli realized something was wrong all of a sudden, and her tone became quiet, "Oh please, I'm sorry."

"Ah."

Nishijima Ercun nodded expressionlessly, and then said to Teacher Tsukimiri:

"I tried to talk to him yesterday, but it didn't work. After I found out about him, I ate breakfast after I went to work. Knocking on the door and trying to communicate with him didn't work either."

"This is the performance of closing oneself." Teacher Yue Jianli analyzed.

"Yes, Damu has been very unsocial and withdrawn since he was a child. Half of this is because of his congenital disease that he cannot exercise vigorously. I think the second half of the reason is related to his personality. Therefore, there are classmates and classmates who are willing to visit at home He, I'm happy for him as a father."

Tianhai Jiuliuli heard this, thoughtfully:
"Could it be because of Mrs. Nishijima that Nishijima-san didn't want to come to school? I'm sorry to mention this again, but... mother will have a deep influence on Nishijima-san, right?"

"The impact is great." Nishidao Ercun was silent at first, then shook his head, "But I don't think it was caused by this reason. My wife's incident happened at the beginning of last year, and a year has passed, and when the first grade started , he's been behaving normally."

Sakakihara Raku also met Oki Nishijima from that time period.

He is indeed normal, often discussing girls' cups and measurements with Fujino at lunch time.

Yuejian Ridaojing: "I'm calling Le and Jiuliuli here now, mainly to let peers talk to each other. After all, it is difficult for boys of this age to open their hearts to their parents. I think both teachers and fathers belong to each other. within the scope of the parents."

Nishidao Ercun nodded in agreement: "The age of rebellion should be like this."

"Everyone, it's against the way of hospitality to let guests stand outside, please come in first."

Xidao Ercun invited everyone into the house.Sakakihara Raku put on her shoes at the entrance and looked at the environment of the house for a while.

It is very clean and well-organized, no garbage or some inexplicable plastic bags can be seen at all, it can be seen that the owner of this house has quite good habits.

"Where are you going?"

Just when Sakakibara changed her shoes and followed Mr. Nishijima into the hall, Mr. Nishijima bumped into Oki Nishijima who was carrying a schoolbag as if he was about to go out.

Both Sakakihara Raku and Tianhai Jiuliuli subconsciously looked sideways at the stern tone that belonged exclusively to their father.

"garage."

Nishijima Oki replied in a normal tone, but when he saw the few people behind his father, he realized something was wrong.

"That one is—"

Of course he knew Sakakihara Raku and Tianhai Jiuliuli, but he was unfamiliar with the woman standing beside them.Black hair, black-rimmed glasses, a suit vest and a white coat, what kind of woman is this?

"you do not know?"

"do not know."

Nishidao Ercun sighed heavily, and Teacher Yue Jianli smiled wryly.

".I said you, since when did you stop going to school? This is what I told you yesterday, the instructor of your new class, when did you stop going to school?"

Oki Nishijima did not speak.

Nishijima Ermura closed his eyes and said nothing, a heavy sigh that only grown men can have from his throat.

The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.

Nishijima Oki watched his father sigh.

After a long silence, the atmosphere became more and more awkward.

Tianhai Jiuliuli had never seen this kind of atmosphere in other people's families, and hid behind Sakakihara Le, anyone could see that the current few people broke into a family's Shura field.

Teacher Tsukimiri spoke first. She stepped forward handsomely, coughed and said, "Ahem, that, Nishijima-san. The time probably started at the end of January. I came to the school four times in January. Three times in the first half of February, and then except for one exam in March, there were only zero times."

Father sighed again.

Daojing Yuejian asked with concern: "Did something happen at school?"

"...No, it's just that there is no time."

The father immediately opened his eyes and scolded him quickly and with suppressed anger: "No time? You are a student, right? What's the matter if a student doesn't have time to go to school?"

The father's scolding made Tianhai Jiuliuli, who had never faced such a situation, shake his shoulders.

Sakakihara felt that she was taken aback.

".I don't want to say it." Nishijima Oki didn't want to face such a father.

"I don't want to say it? Do you understand what the situation is now? The teacher and your classmates have come here specially! I heard that you also told the school that you want to drop out? You lied that I agreed, and you said, what are you going to do? go?"

"I just want to do what I do, right now."

"doing what?"

"Photographer." Nishijima Oki said this while covering the things behind him with his hands.

"Mmm, photographer." After hearing the word, Yuejian Li Daojing repeated the word as if confirming it.

After hearing this, Xidao Ercun's face suddenly became stiff. He seemed to have suddenly understood something, and closed his eyes again: "It seems...you really can't forget it, but you can't do this kind of thing until you go to college. It's not too late, is it?"

"...No," Nishijima Oki shook his head, "I just want to spend as much time as possible on this matter."

"Don't be so naive, Damu! You must understand your status as a student now."

"I understand, but my mother can do this very well at my age!"

"Your idea is too unrealistic!"

"Don't always treat me like a child!"

"That's what makes you so childish!"

The father and son quarreled here, and Sakakihara probably understood what was going on.

--Disagreement.

Oki Nishijima has his own ideas, and is tired or dislikes the current life.

That's pretty much the reason why he didn't come to school.

But his father would most likely not agree with him, so he chose to conceal it.

Nishidao Ercun closed his eyes and tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart. Then he changed back to the thick middle-aged man before and continued: "I understand your thoughts, but it's not that you don't know about your mother. After graduating from college, wait until After you graduate from university, if you do this again, I won't bother."

"It's like this again."

"What did you say?"

"It's always like this! It's always like this when you promised your mother before. It's always like going out with you after I finish work. It's always like going out for a trip together after I'm done with work, but the result? Every time , every time, every time, every time the time is pushed back, the promised things can never be fulfilled as scheduled, is it not that the mother was delayed five times, and finally ran to the field to take pictures alone, resulting in no one to take care of her She, as a husband, father, you have no responsibility at all!"

Yuejian Li Daojing quickly interjected: "Oki, this sentence is too much."

"It's his fault!"

After saying this, Oki Nishidao couldn't help but lowered his head and clenched his fists. Nishidao Ercun, who was already looking very tired, closed his eyes in pain as if he had been awakened by a memory he didn't want to recall.

As a bystander, Sakakihara Raku understood that this sentence must have exposed his father's scars.

"." Xidao Ercun was suppressing something, he took a deep breath, "Graduate from college, after you graduate from college, you will not ask what kind of photographer you want to be, you are too naive, photography is such a thing It's not as simple as you think. How can you do it easily just relying on the shadow left by your mother. Seeing that I paid for you to attend such a prestigious school as Mingde Yishu, then I would like to wrong my own thoughts for the time being. Fine."

"I didn't ask you to help me."

"you."

"You can't make sense with your father after all."

After the conversation ended, Oki Nishijima turned and left the hall, and went back up to the second floor.

With a click, there was the sound of the door closing on the second floor from the stairs.

Nishidao Ercun watched his son walking back to the bedroom, followed by another dead silence.

He glanced at the group photo of the three of them in the hall, and saw his wife's smiling face facing the camera in the sun.

"Sorry, I made you look ugly." He turned around and said to the three people standing in the living room.

As a serious and serious father, his eye sockets turned red.

It's really sad to be alone with a child.

Yue Jian Li Daojing deeply felt it, and shook his head: "No, I can understand the child's thoughts. And Mr. Nishijima is not at fault because of his father's identity."

Sakakihara felt that Nishijima Ercun was quite reasonable as a father.

If it was my former father, "What, do you want to go to college? What do you know, you can do it? After graduating from high school, come out and learn from me as an electrician. Isn't the salary higher than your job after college?"

If he replaced his old father's character with Xi Dao's father, he might have the heart of a widowed son.

Nishijima Ermura continued: "The kid likes to be independent since he was a child, so he usually doesn't have many friends in school. His mother has a deep influence on him. He was influenced by his mother. I can understand that he wants to learn photography. , and I can understand his anxious mood, but due to the reason of my wife's death, I don't really want to agree."

Yuejian Li Daojing thought about it, "That kid, Oki, did he become like this all of a sudden?"

"I am not very sure."

"That's it, that's good, Le, Jiu Liuli, you go up and ask. As people of the same age, you must communicate with him better than me and Mr. Nishijima."

"no problem."

In fact, it doesn’t need to be said by the teacher, Sakaki Hara also has this idea.

*
The second floor.

dong dong dong.

dong dong dong.

dong dong dong.

Tianhai Jiuliuli knocked on the door three times in a row, making sure that the people inside had heard it, but after still not responding, she spoke to the door in a gentle voice:

"Xi Dao, Xi Dao, I'm Tianhai Jiuliuli. I was entrusted by Teacher Dao Jing to bring you the handouts. I wonder if I can open the door for a chat? Xi Dao classmate, Xi Dao classmate."

dong dong dong.

dong dong dong.

dong dong dong.

Three more.

After a long silence, a tentative inquiry ".Tianhai Jiuliu?" came slowly from the door.

"Yes, it's me."

".What did you come to see me for?"

"We are classmates now."

"It's not necessary for classmates to do this, right?"

"I'm the vice monitor now, so—"

"Student Tianhai Jiuliuli used his position to show his superior status as soon as he came up? Sorry, we have nothing to talk about."

".No, do I mean that?"

Sakakihara Raku signaled to Tianhai Jiuliuli: "Let me try."

He walked to the door and knocked twice, "Nishijima, it's me, Sakakibara."

Sakakihara continued to chat: "I accidentally heard the conversation between you and your father just now. I can fully understand your thoughts. Everyone has things that are not supported by their parents."

"One Sakakibara, one Tianhai, are you couple coming to my door to express how much love you have?"

"No, Nishijima, out of concern among classmates, we were specially asked by the teacher to ask you what your situation is now."

"Caring? Well-known Xianchong came to care about me? Are you smiling to show how popular you are?" Nishijima's tone was not cold, but he was so calm that he was very inaccessible, with a sense of deliberate alienation .

"."

It was said by a former friend that it was recharged now.

Sakakihara understood that this represented distance.

But anyway, what Nishijima said is the truth.

After all, Sakakihara Raku has too many things to do now, and she doesn't spend much time with her classmates.

Fujino is okay, he has childhood sweethearts to encourage him, and he is also a shameless and passionate idiot.

This more or less also has the feeling that the two of them left Nishijima behind.

"Sorry, Nishijima, Fujino and I didn't intentionally let you down, but we all have reasons to move forward."

".I think you misunderstood something, Sakakibara. I never thought I was abandoned. A character like you who has been standing in the sun should feel that everything in the world is positive."

"I never felt that way."

"However, what is the truth? The band you formed didn't have any difficulties, and your parents were always supportive. Even your team members catered to you blindly. Isn't it true that famous musicians and idol voice actors write and sing songs for you? Charged to complete one thing in good times, and then ran to show off how good you are in front of people who don't have that many connections? Sorry, I have no interest in you and your harem group."

If there is any difference between Nishijima and the kind of classmates who scolded him secretly, it is Nishijima Oki who is very rational in judging things.

Sakakihara Raku also thinks that he is a person who can communicate well, even if his tone was a bit aggressive just now.

"Nishijima, I don't deny our previous friendship, and I didn't deliberately alienate you or anything. It's just because I've been busy recently and I need to take care of other things. So, as a friend who was originally very close, I would like to ask I asked why you didn’t come to school anymore? In fact, everything has a reason, I don’t think you will suddenly want to hold a camera and become a photographer for no reason, right?”

"...you won't understand."

"Why wouldn't I understand if you didn't tell me?"

"."

There is no response.

No matter what Sakakihara Raku said after that, there was no response.

Sakakihara Raku looked at Tianhai Jiuliuli who was standing with her.

"He doesn't trust us at all."

"Student Nishijima looks like he doesn't like us disturbing him. Although his tone is normal, his words are aggressive as if he wanted to drive us away."

After discussing for a long time, they didn't come to any useful conclusions, so the two could only go downstairs.

I looked at Nishijima Ermura and Tsukimiri-san who were sitting at the same table chatting at the same time.

"How is it?" Teacher Yue Jianli asked.

Sakakihara spread his hands.

"It failed, so it seems that I have to come a few more times."

Yuejian Ridaojing put his hands on his knees and got up, "The result is not unexpected, so come back next week."

Nishidao Ercun, who had been talking with the teacher, got up and saw him off, "It's really troublesome."

"fine."

*
On the way back, in the teacher's car.

Tianhai Jiuliuli patted her heart, looking relaxed.

Sakakihara noticed her movements, "Did Liuli remember the quarrel between uncle and aunt?"

"Well, every time I'm faced with that situation, I'm at a loss."

Tsukimi Ridokyo extinguished the cigarette, started the car, turned the direction of the car, and interjected: "Family conflicts basically exist in every family. When I was only a few years old, I often quarreled with my mother."

"...The teacher wants to say more than ten years ago. Why don't you say an accurate number?"

"A woman's age can't just ask such a simple truth, and I need to explain it?" Tsukimi Ridokyo turned the steering wheel and drove the car into the street, "Let's get back to business. According to what you said just now, about Nishijima-san I think there must be something affecting him, so he is not willing to come to school, and he wants to inherit his mother's last wish."

"What does the teacher think?"

"How do I know. But in fact, the reluctance to go to school is nothing more than a few conditions, such as being bullied at school, hating going to school, being hurt in school, or being squeezed out by small groups, regardless of family factors, back and forth That's all. Let's go, I'll treat you two to a meal."

"The teacher is so generous?"

"After all, I invited you to help. No, when have I been stingy!"

*
Out of the monitor's obligation and a serious and responsible attitude towards things, Sakakihara has collected some information related to Nishijima on campus in the past few days.

Every afternoon when I was in the literature department, I took it out and opened it.

Tianhai Qimingyue has noticed his movements in the past few days: "What have you been checking recently?"

"There is a record of whether a classmate has been bullied at school."

"Then? So what if we find out?"

"July, you should know, it's what I told you about the West Island two days ago."

Tianhai Qimingyue covered half of her cheeks with a library book, only showing a pair of eyes: "When did brother do his best? Teacher Dao Jing should just ask you to help go and talk."

"I'm short-staffed. Who knew that the last time I invited Jiuliuli and me to dinner, the teacher was setting us up! I just finished eating, so I asked for my help to collect information."

"Is it possible that Teacher Daojing knows that you have done your best and that eating is a reward for your hard work in helping her manage the class for more than a week?"

Sakakihara smiled at her and said, "July, you are smart."

"It's useless to praise me." Tianhai Qimingyue glanced at the information he handed over.

"How about help?"

"Encountered a problem?"

"No, I know what the reason is. I just want you to understand the situation, and then come with us in the afternoon."

"You tell me to leave and I will leave?"

"You are my girlfriend."

*
dong dong dong.

dong dong dong.

In the afternoon, at Nishijima Oki's home, Sakakihara Raku knocked on the door of his room again.

"Nishijima, Nishijima, it's me, Sakakibara, here I come again."

The door was silent for a long time, and a voice came:
".I have to admit, Sakakibara, you are really annoying, and you deliberately pick the time when I want to go out."

"Go out at four o'clock in the afternoon every day, right? Don't look at me not coming these days, in fact, I have been stepping on the spot all the time."

"And then? What are you going to say today?"

Sakakibara glanced at Tianhai Qimingyue who was facing her with her arms folded, and made a gesture of invitation to her.

"My own troubles still need me."

Tianhai Qimingyue took a step forward, facing the door with a calm face, "The person inside is called Xidao Damu, right?"

".and who are you?"

"Seven bright moons in the sky and sea."

"The harem groups come here in turn, right?"

Tianhai Qimingyue's expression was still calm, but what Sakakihara Le saw was that her entire face was darkened.

"July, July, calm down, calm down."

"No need to remind."

Tianhai Qimingyue said to the door with a sullen face: "You can say whatever you want, I only came here for one thing, to persuade you to go out."

"What did you say to persuade me to go out? In fact, you guys just take this as a task to complete. As long as I go out, your task will be completed."

"Otherwise? Is it possible that I still have any concern for you? For me, your matter has nothing to do with me. If Sakakibara-san asked me to come and talk to you, I wouldn't even want to come."

"Look. It's because of your indifferent attitude towards other people that people hate you."

If it were Jiu Liuli, she would definitely try to persuade her again tactfully.

But Tianhai Qimingyue's strong personality does not allow unreasonable logic to appear in her field of vision at all.

"Am I wrong? If it wasn't for Sakakihara-san's friendship with your former friend, he would search the school every day for the real reason why you don't come to school? He would spend so much money that should have been used to compete for the president of the student council Wasting time on you?"

"So Tianhai, what are you doing here? Since it's none of your business, I didn't ask you to come to me at all."

Tianhai Qimingyue said in a normal tone: "People have relationships in society. Even if you don't ask me, your behavior has affected you, your father, our school, and our teacher. You told us, so even if you don't ask us, we still come to your house."

". Long-winded is really annoying."

"If you don't leave your current room, this long-winded talk will accompany you for the rest of your life."

"...you don't understand me at all."

"Isn't it just that being rejected by the confession, and then being used by the woman to tease her friends is an otaku thing?"

"." The room fell silent.

Sakakibara couldn't help but whispered to Tianhai Qimingyue: "Jiyue. This is really sad."

Tianhai Qimingyue's eyes still didn't change, but she looked at Sakakihara Le and revealed [I don't know? ]the meaning of.

Well, in July, I was rejected the most times by myself.

"If you can listen to what I'm going to say next, keep listening. If you can't listen, forget it. Your current behavior is just a cocoon, and you are making yourself feel sorry for yourself. What is your psychology now? It is very sad and very uncomfortable to be insulted. Happy, feel that no one can support you behind? Then give up on yourself?
"The truth is, you're just being childish. You're shutting yourself up by destroying yourself and getting attention from the outside world - so you're willing to answer our right questions. Don't say no Please let us pay attention to you, I'm sure, you are enjoying our attention now, if we leave, you will definitely feel regret and disappointment in your heart.

"In my opinion, such behavior is more equivalent to waste."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Sakakibara quickly stopped Tianhai Qimingyue. Although the effect of letting her speak was good, she could break the defense 100% if she was not careful.

July is really relentless criticism towards others.

After asking Qi Mingyue to leave the second floor first, Sakakihara said to the door of the room again:

"Ahem, that, Xidao. Qi Mingyue is outspoken, and she must want you to cheer up."

"The two of you sing together, right? First you use a knife to make a gash in someone's heart, and then suddenly a blood bag pops out and stuffs your wound directly to block the blood?"

".Can we meet and talk?"

"Give up, I will never open the door."

Sakakihara leaned back in front of his door, "Then I'll chat with you at your door."

".I have nothing to talk to now."

"Why not? Even now, I like to look at the bust of beautiful girls. Even when Qi Mingyue walked downstairs just now, half of my attention was on her chest. Sometimes I would compare it with her sister , whose one is bigger."

".I don't think I can talk to you anymore."

"Why? Do you have low self-esteem when facing beautiful girls? Men should face their own desires more directly. I think you used to be very confident. You used to be able to calmly say a lot of very philosophical words to me Come on, I still remember the passage you said - [I still treat myself well on my birthday, I will stay at home, turn on the TV, plug in a game I liked before, and then read the archive, Seeing the girl inside holding the present, handing it out with embarrassment in a shy expression, and whispering happy birthday to me]."

"...doesn't that sound more pathetic?"

OK, it's working a bit.

Sakakihara Raku leaned against the door and continued to talk to Nishijima inside: "Can you tell me how you fell in love with the girl you confessed to?"

"."

no respond.

"Tell me, the two of us are here now, Jiu Liuli and Qi Mingyue are below, so we can't hear you."

Oki Nishijima in the room seemed to have made a lot of mental preparations, breathing in a voice that even Sakakihara Raku could hear outside.

".Happy birthday to me, and a cup of milk tea."

"Just because of this?"

"...just because of that."

Sakakihara also asked the girl involved about the situation.

How should I put it, this thing is really too much.

The reason why the girl said happy birthday to Nishijima and gave him a cup of milk tea was because of a big challenge after losing the king game with her friends.

The reason is that they picked up Xidao's student ID card and saw his birthday.

And because Xi Dao often sat alone in the family restaurant eating dinner and playing handheld games, he was noticed by several girls. It happened that his birthday was just a few days later, so they asked one of them to buy it on the day of the king game. A cup of milk tea, while returning the student ID card, said to Xi Dao with a smile: "Happy birthday, this cup of milk tea will be given to you as a birthday present!".

That girl knows how to dress up and is quite beautiful.

For Nishijima, who has never talked to a real girl in his life, this is simply a ray of light, so dazzling that people can't look directly at it, and it is only natural to have a good impression.

However, the other party is actually just playing with the mentality, and some gentleness in the follow-up contact is just superficial polite words.

A typical example of falling in love with a girl because of her tenderness.

Sakakihara remembers that Jiu Liuli was often confessed by boys because of this.The difference is that Liuli is really gentle, even if she refuses, she won't make fun of boys' feelings.

"It's true that the other party has gone too far. But this is not a reason for you to use it to humiliate yourself."

".Come here, right? It comes from the advice of successful people, so it's all the same taste. It seems to be preaching to people from a high position, but in fact they don't care about the roles under their feet."

"What kind of successful person? It's from the experience of a loser. It's not that I haven't been rejected before, yes, it's Jiu Liuli. You know, she did agree to me at first, but the reason why she agreed to me was not simple. In her After my mother asked her to study abroad, she dumped me and at that time my me learned the fact that she heard my real confession to her, but my heart to her, she actually I don’t care at all, of course I know that’s not the case later.”

".So what? What do you want to explain."

"Don't worry. After I was dumped during that time, I also had the idea of ​​finding a quiet place like you. So I can understand what you are doing now. While refusing to communicate with outsiders, you also expect the other party to regret taking the initiative Come to yourself and expect the outside world to care about you. This is human nature! After all, everyone hopes to have someone who can comfort him when he is sad. If that person is of the opposite sex and can give him a hug, that is even more alright!"

Sakakibara stretched out one leg, looked at the ceiling of the corridor and said.

"I used to look forward to someone who would love me when I was hurt, to care about myself when I was sick, to love myself, to share the troubles in life, and to spend time together in the hustle and bustle. After living together, we will get married together, have children together, travel through the four seasons together, watch the cherry blossoms grow up slowly every year, and grow old together, how happy it is.”

"It's just a cliché, anyway, you guys are excellent in everything, excellent in appearance, excellent in grades, and outgoing personality. That guy Fujino is a lucky guy. He has a childhood sweetheart who has cared about him since he was a child, and even Take the initiative to let him grow."

Sakakihara: "Well, I understand what you mean, but what do you want to say?"

".What I want to say is that only you guys can enjoy the things just said, and those of us who are looked down upon can only hide in a dark corner and fantasize."

"I see, it's envy, right?"

".Yes, I'm just envious. At the same time, I also hate you standing on a high ground and pointing fingers at everyone, saying that you can achieve it as long as you work hard. Not to mention that the appearance is impossible to achieve. Wealth struggles for a lifetime and you will never touch other people's toes. All I want to do now is continue to inherit the unfinished business of my mother, travel around the country alone, and be a photographer."

"It's impossible to be as good as others in appearance, and you can't even touch other people's toes if you strive for wealth for a lifetime. Well, you are absolutely right in saying that, but is this the reason why you feel sorry for yourself in a small room?"

".I want to preach again, right?"

"Yes," Sakakibara admitted directly, and said solemnly, "This time it's really preaching, because there are always people in the world who complain about others and envy others. They think that no matter how hard they try, they can't compare to the last genius.

"It is true that everyone's starting point is different, and the result is also different. Some succeed and some fail. But I don't think you are qualified to say this now, Nishijima."

"."

"To quote a sentence from a novel I read before, [Dedicate all your life to one thing, burn yourself to the ground, and burn yourself to ashes that can't even shed blood and tears. , still can't win against an opponent who is not as hard as oneself - only this kind of person is qualified to say such words at the end].

"And Nishijima, what have you done? What have you done on the road you want to stick to? Have you achieved any results in the past month? You said you wanted to inherit your mother's career, so how many photos did you take? You I said before that your mother can do very well at this age, so you can ask your father now, how much effort did your mother put into photography in order to achieve that at your age?"

This big call from Sakakihara Raku is not without effect.At least there was no movement in the house for a while.

"...I'm moving forward, I just don't have support." The voice in the room was a little weaker.

"Then if there is no support, you will choose to give up? This is even less able to prove your own ideas.

"West Island, it's nice to have support and a happy mood, but things are different, and people are also different! As a person, sometimes you have to learn to accept the reality and accept the gap. It's like when I was a child, I had to live in I have to recognize the leaky house. Am I envious of those who live in big houses? I am definitely envious! But is this the reason for me to complain about the other party? No, I deeply understand that I am not them. In the current situation, all I can do is continue to work hard and try my best to live every day with my sister in my arms.

"Back then, even though I was climbing very little, very slowly, at a very different speed than everyone else, I knew I was still moving forward. It's the same now.

"Nishijima, if you want to get support, try to get your father's approval, and show your thoughts and actions in unexpected places! He is not the kind of unreasonable person, even if your mother is because of photography. Your father was disgusted by this incident, but he still respected your choice and gave you the space to leeway."

"Then what did he say about waiting until he graduates from college?"

Sakakihara laughed: "Isn't that because you made him unable to see your strength? In fact, in my opinion, your performance yesterday was full of childish naivety. What should you do now, go to school well, and then Take the time to prove yourself with real photography. It's like I finally let Jiu Liuli who dumped me come back and confess to me! She really likes me now."

"...After all, it's just talk on paper."

The voices in the room still sounded reluctant.

Sakakihara knew that in fact, his heart had softened, but there was still a step left.

"Well, actually, I've been studying photography recently because of the band's MV. Why don't we study together? As long as you can come to school."

".You.?" There was a questioning voice in the room.

"Ah? Don't believe me? What did I lie to you for? Don't think that I'm done playing bass in the band. I still have to be responsible for shooting videos, editing, and reconciling the relationship between my sister and July who often quarrel.

"Not to mention the usual! Everyone's meals are prepared by me, and I still have to maintain the top three results in the school, manage class affairs, prepare to compete for the student council president, and maintain my daily running. Message from fans I will also go to see one by one, to reply, etc., you don’t think I have reached the point where I am now, right? Even Fujino runs with me every day in order to change himself! Now the baseball club is outstanding members."

".Aren't you tired?"

"Tired, why not. But I can improve myself if I'm not tired? I'm not a genius at the level of Jiuliuli and Qimingyue, and I'm not as wealthy as them. They are very talented, and they are also at the level of playing the piano since they were young!"

Click, the door was opened.

Oki Nishijima wearing round glasses appeared from the crack of the door.

"... I don't understand what good it is for you to say so much to me."

Sakakibara patted his shoulder and said loudly:

"There is no other reason, Nishijima! Because I am your squad leader, I am a friend and I have heard about your affairs, so I don't want to be nosy. Of course, the most important point is that I hope I can be a A person who is responsible, high-spirited, and able to lead everyone forward. As such a powerful, charming, and knowledgeable person, he will be like the brightest star shining in the starry sky, and he will be looked up to by everyone. Everyone's longing will make the girl who is as beautiful as the wave soda in summer involuntarily want to follow behind."

".That's you, not me, and you've done it now." Nishidao Oki tilted his head and whispered.

Sakakihara laughed.

"I haven't done it yet. And don't say that, Nishijima, presumably your mother, Nishijima Chiyomi, the photographer who has been chasing comets all her life, will definitely expect you to inherit her name after hard work. Let's shine."

Soon, Nishijima Oki lowered his head, clenched his fists, and said in a low voice:
"It's so despicable, Sakakibara"

"So, go back to school and don't worry about your father, he only has you as a family."

"."

"Looks like it's over."

And Tianhai Qimingyue, who overheard all the conversations at the stairs, hugged her chest, thinking about Sakakihara Raku's declaration just now, and the corner of her mouth made a rare tick:
"Want to be the star that my sister and I follow around? The sun? The central air conditioner has been upgraded to nuclear fusion heating, right?"

(End of this chapter)