Zongman: Unknowingly trapped in the hatchet

Speaking of which, Su Qing had been sitting alone on the steps just now.

Originally, there were Hikigaya and Ayaka nearby, but after a while Ayaka suggested going to watch a high jump competition or something like that. Naturally, the former hesitated for a while out of habit, but finally happily agreed, pretending that he couldn't resist Ayaka's request.

As for Su Qing, he had nothing to do here and originally wanted to go, but just as he was about to get up, he finally decided to give the two of them some time to be together.

Strangely enough, as soon as Hikigaya and Ayaka left, Mahiru sat next to him, which can be said to be a seamless connection.

It was hard for Su Qing not to wonder if the other party had been observing him in secret, but he thought the possibility was not high and it should be a coincidence.

"Mahiru, do you have a game later?"

Su Qing asked, no longer paying attention to the gazes of the people around him.

"In a while, there will be no more. All that's left is the borrowing race in two days."

"Only? Does that mean you've signed up for other competitions?"

Noticing Mahiru's choice of words, Su Qing raised an eyebrow. He thought that the other party had only signed up for the borrowing race like him.

"I also signed up for pitching, but it was over in the morning."

Mahiru took out a handkerchief from her pocket and gently wiped away a few drops of sweat from her forehead, saying.

"I should have told you earlier. If I had known, I would have gone to watch your game." Su Qing said with a smile.

"If I had told you earlier... would you have come to watch my game?"

From Su Qing's perspective, Mahiru's cute little face suddenly came closer, and when observed closely, one could even see her eyelashes trembling slightly due to inexplicable emotions.

"Of course, or do you think I would lie to you?"

Su Qing felt that there should be basic trust between people, and besides, Mahiru was not some stranger.

"I certainly don't think so..."

After hearing the answer she wanted to hear, Mahiru breathed a sigh of relief.

"I should have told you earlier..." Mahiru murmured in a very low voice, with a lonely expression flashing across her face.

Perhaps realizing that they were a little too close to each other just now, and since this was not her home after all, Mahiru shrank back a little, keeping a distance from Su Qing that was neither too close nor too far.

But soon, Mahiru felt that this distance was too unfamiliar, so she gently moved half a body length towards Su Qing.

"Mahiru, are you...unwell?"

Su Qing didn't say it very directly, and at the same time he tried hard to hold back a smile. It was really not his fault. The way the girl moved around was so cute that she seemed a little clumsy.

"No, no."

Mahiru probably realized that her behavior just now was a little strange. She pursed her lips and her body visibly tensed up.

"Don't laugh at me, it's the problem with this step."

Noticing Su Qing's irrepressible smile, the girl felt that she should still give a symbolic explanation.

"I haven't said anything yet." Su Qing shrugged, looking innocent.

"The smile on your face says it all... and, and that's how you looked when you wanted to laugh at me before."

Mahiru remembered it very clearly, including but not limited to the time when she fell on Su Qing's legs while playing a racing game. The other party also looked at her with such a smile, just like looking at a child.

Being treated like a child or something... Although it's nice, Mahiru has found herself becoming more and more greedy recently.

She longed for a change in her identity and no longer be treated just like a child.

Thinking of this, Mahiru gently patted Su Qing's thigh again. Although her original intention was to complain about something, to Su Qing it seemed more like childish coquetry.

"Whether it's true or not, I don't even know myself." Su Qing stared at Zhenri's retracted hand and chuckled twice.

"Yes, I saw it...very clearly."

Mahiru raised her head slightly, her caramel-colored eyes full of seriousness, but it was obvious that Mahiru's attack was not limited to that.

After the last weekend outing, she had clearly realized that she really liked the boy in front of her.

She didn't fall in love with Su Qing because he took her to play activities she had never experienced before. That kind of liking was just a three-minute novelty.

True love is in the little details of daily life.

It was no coincidence that she suddenly sat next to Su Qing this time. In the vast crowd, she saw the other person almost at first sight.

In Mahiru's eyes, Su Qing was so dazzling and unique among the bustling crowd.

For Mahiru at this moment, there are probably only two kinds of people in the world.

One is other people, and the other... is [Su Qing].

Her original intention was to come over and say hello to him and his friends. She hoped that they could spend more time together not only at each other's home, but also at school.

But unexpectedly, his friend left on her way to Su Qing, which created a space for Mahiru to be alone with her. However, there were many strange looks outside this space.

"So... I also want you to look at me more..."

"……What's the meaning?"

"That's right, I also want to spend more time with you in school, just like now..."

Although she was mentally prepared, Mahiru's fair skin was still uncontrollably stained with a strange color.

"If you have time, of course."

The expression on Mahiru's face that looked a little aggrieved due to loneliness was so easy to understand.

Su Qing could understand. After all, the other party always wore the cloak of "Angel" in school, which was why Su Qing told him to "live for himself" that day.

To Su Qing, after removing that boring halo, Mahiru was just another child who was not frank enough.

The relationship between the two is actually very subtle. Since the dean left, Su Qing has never lived with anyone again, not counting the university dormitory, not to mention that the other party also has the identity of a cook.

Therefore, Su Qing was happy to satisfy this small request which was not excessive at all.

"Isn't it... annoying?" Mahiru asked in a low voice.

"Why do you say that?" Su Qing was surprised and answered the other party's question with a question.

"It's just that...if I came to see you normally, I would probably get a lot of strange looks like this."

Mahiru expressed her concerns.

It was true that she wanted to have more contact with Su Qing, but that didn't mean she could accept causing trouble to Su Qing's daily life because of her unplanned actions.

Even if it's just a little bit, that's not okay. This is probably why Mahiru has been able to endure until now.

But Mahiru recently discovered that as time went by, she found this loneliness increasingly unbearable, which was why she was sitting next to Su Qing now. Of course, this time it was more of a tentative test.

If the latter does not like this, then even if she feels lonely again like she did during this period, she will try to endure it.

At worst...at worst I can just absorb more energy from the other person's home.

After all, Mahiru didn't have the confidence to endure. The boy with a pair of deep starry eyes was like a poppy flower. Just one glance at him made Mahiru fall in love with him.

Therefore, she could only use this reason to persuade herself, which was also a disguised way of leaving herself a way out.

After all, Mahiru is a cunning bad boy at times like this.

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