I wanted to be a bad actor in the anime, but I failed.

A young man holding bright evergreen flowers was walking on the road.

The bright yellow petals are so out of place in this withered autumn world.

Just like the boy holding it, he feels so lonely in this gray world.

The teenagers who were enjoying their weekend couldn't help but stop laughing when they passed by this young man.

Gloomy footsteps and irritating noise.

The boy's state of mind seemed to have returned to the past, like a dead pool.

"bell--"

The sound of a phone receiving a message.

The boy picked it up and looked at it, then thought for a long time and changed direction.

----

A bar with few people.

Sitting at the bar, there was a beautiful woman in her late thirties with long straight black hair.

"Another round of blind dates failed. Damn it...are men nowadays so picky?!"

"boom!"

Shizuka Hiratsuka slammed her fist on the table, and the loud noise scared the bartender, almost causing the glass in his hand to break into pieces.

"Hey... who will marry me? I am just a woman with a bad temper who likes to drink and smoke. These men are so petty that they can't stand these shortcomings!"

Lying weakly on the table and groaning, she finished the wine in her hand in one gulp.

"Continued Cup!"

"Okay." The bartender poured him a glass of wine.

"That brat will take more than an hour to get here, right? Oh, it's really hard to wait!"

Just finished saying this.

A pot of flowers suddenly appeared beside her table, followed by the clatter of people taking their seats.

Hiratsuka Shizuka turned her head in surprise, and when she saw that familiar face, she said in surprise:

"Hey! How come you got here so quickly?"

"I just happened to have something to do in Chiba today."

"Huo? Waiter! Give him a drink!"

"No, I don't drink. Just give me a glass of water."

"Don't be such a downer!"

Shizuka Hiratsuka casually put her arm around Mu Lin's shoulder, allowing the latter to get close to her.

Mu Lin didn't appreciate it and slapped her hand away, saying calmly:

"Didn't you say you were going to fight? What's going on here?"

"It's okay to have a few drinks before a fight, right?"

"Alright."

Mu Lin took the water handed to him by the bartender and took a sip.

"I always feel like you're a little abnormal. Are you in a bad mood?"

"Isn't it the same for you?"

"Tsk, those bastard men, there are obviously not many women who want them, but they are still picky, what a bunch of self-righteous stinky men!"

"You went on a blind date?"

"Ah."

"Isn't it good to be single?" Mu Lin said in a somewhat dull tone.

"Being single? Living alone forever? I'm going to be gossiped about by others and be nagged by my parents. It's so annoying! Besides, who doesn't want love?!"

"Haha, being free, worry-free, not hurt by love, and not having to worry about others, isn't it great to be single?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka just raised her hand to drink the wine, but then she paused and looked at Mu Lin in surprise.

"Hey, you're not planning on staying single forever, are you?"

"I want to." His tone was very helpless.

"You make it sound like being single is hard for you. By the way, what's the matter with you, Hua?"

"I gave it to someone else, but they don't want it anymore."

"Puff!" Shizuka Hiratsuka spat out the wine in her mouth and wiped the corner of her mouth without any hesitation.

"Isn't it a gift for the woman you like?"

"more or less."

"Hahahaha! That's what I thought! So you were just hurt by love! No wonder you were so confident saying you wanted to be single!"

Can say this.

It can be seen that Shizuka Hiratsuka really doesn't want to be single, and she also finds it difficult to understand why others are willing to be single for their entire lives.

"Ah."

Not being understood by this woman, Mu Lin was too lazy to explain and just chuckled.

"I didn't do anything too radical, which led to the current situation. How stupid!"

Although he would still do the same thing for the two girls if he could go back to the past, Mu Lin still wanted to scold himself.

"You look really sad, you. Don't be so melancholy at such a young age. Since you dare to take the initiative to give a gift to someone you like, then go find a new one. Maybe you will succeed next time."

"Looking for a new one? I'm already annoyed to death, and I'm still looking for a new one? Are you asking for trouble?"

"I always feel like I don't quite understand what you are saying. Forget it, come on, have a drink!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka handed over her wine glass.

Seeing Mu Lin shaking his head, he patted his shoulder vigorously and said, "Come on, we are brothers in distress, both of us are hurt by love, let's drink together to drown our sorrows!"

"I'm not yet of age."

"Uh......"

With just one sentence, Shizuka Hiratsuka was stunned.

she muttered.

"Tsk, even though the law says minors can't drink, it's no big deal to secretly have a few drinks, right?"

"By the way, you are a teacher, right?"

"Eh? Yes, yes."

Shizuka Hiratsuka lowered her head guiltily.

I just spoke so quietly, could anyone have heard me?

It’s over, my teaching career is in crisis!

Or... kill the witness to silence him?

Fortunately...

"Why does bullying exist in schools?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka was stunned. Why did he suddenly start asking about such a serious matter?

"Hmm..." She shook the glass, looked at the rising and falling surface of the wine, thought for a while, and replied, "This question is very complicated. There are four factors: oneself, family, school, and society."

"Adolescents are not mentally mature and are prone to impulsive anger. They exaggerate their emotions and imagine minor incidents to be serious or even intentional. In addition, they have self-esteem, jealousy and other factors."

"Then, in the family environment, his parents spoiled him too much, which made him self-centered."

"As for the school, it is some inactive teachers who overly belittle and punish students, ignore students' psychological problems, over-emphasize students' grades, etc., which leads to class differentiation."

"In terms of society, it involves a wider range of issues. Anyway, school bullying is indeed very common in our country."

Mu Lin nodded: "Then tell me, why would some people want to bully a weak, kind and disabled girl?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka frowned slightly. She didn't know how to explain it for a moment, but she didn't want to embarrass herself in front of her juniors, so she just said perfunctorily:

“In short, it’s complicated.”

"is it?"

The picked up water cup reflected a raised corner of his mouth, making the water in the cup actually a little colder.

"Hey! The atmosphere is already very sad, why are we discussing such a heavy topic? Just drink it!"

The exchange ends here.

Shizuka Hiratsuka drank glass after glass of wine.

Mu Lin stared ahead with unfocused eyes, lost in thought.

The alarm clock in the bar was ticking.

The hour hand, minute hand and second hand keep turning.

Time passed slowly.

From being slightly tipsy to being drunk, Shizuka Hiratsuka's body began to sway from side to side, and finally, she buried her head in Mu Lin's arms and murmured.

"Drink! Another one!!"

Her already beautiful face was dyed pink, making her look particularly charming.

Mu Lin stood up speechlessly, holding Changchunhua in one hand and hugging her in the other, preparing to leave.

"Hey, two guests, you haven't paid yet!"

Mu Lin subconsciously took out his cell phone, but after thinking about it, he put it back in his pocket and rummaged through Hiratsuka Shizuka's bag for his cell phone.

He squeezed her hand, unlocked it with his fingerprint, and paid the bill under the bartender's weird look.