[Net King] Starlight is still

Today, Sitianbao Temple Academy ushered in the annual school festival.

As a prestigious school in Osaka, this grand event has attracted the attention of the whole prefecture.Students handing out leaflets can be seen everywhere on campus.The boulevards, the front and rear squares, and the bustling crowds are endless.

However, there is one place that is as quiet as ever - the third floor of the library.

I don't like lively scenes, so I live in the world of English books.The only thing that accompanied me through this day was four cups of mellow Starbucks.

My class has become a cafe, and Chiharu is the maid in the shop.Hearing that I was going to skip the school festival to read books, Chiharu was dumbfounded in surprise.She bemoaned me and gave me these Starbucks.

"When you see them, you will think of me, Chiharu!"

Seeing Qianchun's beautiful handwriting on the coffee cup, I smiled slightly.Immediately, Qianchun's smile like a flower flashed in his mind.

Forgive me, Chiharu, for not being able to accompany you on such an important day...

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The afterglow of the setting sun is gradually dimming, and the color of the ink is like a needle thread, weaving the sky.

Perhaps it was because of reading the book all day, sleepiness gradually hit my mind, which made my eyelids a little heavy.Supporting my face with my hands, I closed my eyes, wanting to take a nap.

However, what he didn't expect was that closing his eyes was a deep sleep.

……

Time passed by every minute and every second, and I wandered in my sleep in a vain way. I don't know how long...

Suddenly, I felt some power from reality, urging me to wake up.

Gradually breaking free from the shackles of sleepiness, under the dazzling light, the upper and lower eyelashes slowly parted.

In front of me, a shadow of a person flashed dimly.

I woke up almost instantly, and what I saw was a face with a gentle smile.It was Chitose, he was looking at me silently, his soft eyes seemed to be like spring breeze blowing on my face.

"Aya, are you awake?"

"Um……"

Embarrassed, I straightened up hastily, and a loose shirt slipped off my shoulders.

That, Chitose put it on me when I was sleeping, right?

"Thank you." I picked up the clothes and handed them to Chitose.After taking off his shirt, he wore only a T-shirt, which framed his perfectly tall figure, which was mesmerizing.

"Didn't you attend the eve festival?" Looking at the watch, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

Chitose shook his head, "I couldn't take it with my ears, so I slipped away quietly. I wanted to take advantage of this time to borrow a few English textbooks from the library, but I didn't expect to meet you."

Speaking of this, I am a little embarrassed again, he happened to come here when I was sleeping...

"Aling, you've been here all day, aren't you bored?" Chitose pointed to a stack of detective novels on the table, a little surprised.

I nodded thoughtfully, I was really bored, otherwise how could I fall asleep while reading?

"Go and watch the eve festival, okay?"

The night must not be more lively than the day, besides, I haven't breathed fresh air all day?

"it is good."

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It was completely dark, with little stars twinkling.

Chitose and I came to the green lake in the academy.

A boulevard separates the green lake from the square, dividing two distinct areas.There is a lot of people in the square, but the green lake is extremely quiet.

A tempting fragrance touched my sense of smell, and I couldn't help but slow down my pace.

It's the smell of takoyaki.I still remember that not long ago, when Chitose and I bought rackets, I just ate one box and fell in love with its taste hopelessly.

Sensing my pause, Chitose smiled gently: "Didn't you have dinner?"

"Yes." I replied briefly, and I have to say that he is a very delicate person.

"I'm going to buy it, you're waiting here for me."

"Okay." I tried my best to endure the clamor of the empty stomach, and I couldn't wait to agree to him.

I stood on the lawn by the lake, waiting for Chitose.In the hazy night, the calm lake is like a mirror, reflecting the bright moonlight.

Such a beautiful scenery made me a little lost.

However, an unpleasant voice broke the silence here.

"Aya Kirishima?"

Following the sound, it was Akiho Toyosaki.In the silvery moonlight, I saw her cloudy face.

Before I could ask, Toyosaki folded his arms, his words mixed with obvious sarcasm.

"I really wonder where you've been all day. It turned out to be a sneaky tryst with Chitose."

"What do you mean?" There are words in this sentence that I really don't want to hear.What is sneaking, what is tryst?Just relying on your own subjective conjectures, did you say that I was so unbearable?

Two clusters of flames ignited in Toyosaki's eyes: "As a cultural and entertainment committee member, can't I care about the whereabouts of the missing persons in the school festival? I saw it with my own eyes, can it be false?"

I turned around, not intending to answer her outrageous question.Because talking to her is like playing the piano to a cow, it doesn't make any sense.

Seeing my silence, Toyosaki completely took off his calm pretense, and shouted to me uncontrollably: "Kirishima Ling, you covet Shiraishi, just seduce him, why do you want to shamelessly seduce Chitose?" , take the two most outstanding boys in the school by your side to be your servants! I thought you knew how to write the word 'shame', it seems that I was really wrong!"

"What are you talking about?" Two sharp gazes shot out from my eyes, and my tone was low and cold.

"Isn't it? When I confessed to the minister, he didn't give me any answer. When I asked him if he liked someone, he didn't deny it! How dare you say, that person isn't you?"

……

Her words were like a bolt from the blue, resounding through the sky in my mind.

Although this sentence came from the mouth of Toyosaki who is hostile to me, it is difficult to judge whether it is true or not.However, it still made my heart tremble.

Shiraishi...does he like me...?

Time seemed to stand still at that moment, and I took a deep breath to calm down the surging waves in my heart.

"Don't pretend to be deaf and dumb! Today, in front of me, explain clearly what is the relationship between you and Baishi!"

Toyosaki strode forward, grabbed my shoulders, and shook uncontrollably with her voice trembling with impulsiveness.

"Let go..." I couldn't bear such a violent shaking, and wanted to push her away.However, Toyosaki pushed me back hard with his arm.

I staggered backwards, my foot suddenly stepped on the ground, and suddenly, a dangerous breath enveloped me...

Behind me is Green Lake... Oops!I can't swim...

"Wow—"

I fell into the lake as if I lost gravity, splashing countless water droplets and hitting the green turf.

Seeing me falling into the water, Toyosaki raised his jaw in protest.

"I can't...swim...well——" I was submerged in the water, my feet kept stepping on the water, my arms were beating vigorously, and I tried to stick my face out of the water, but the cold water still swallowed me mercilessly .

"Can't swim? Then just drown." Toyosaki looked down at me with strong hatred in his tone.

She has not yet realized the seriousness of the matter.I have been afraid of water since I was a child.My fear of water has surpassed that of ordinary people.When Maki took me to learn swimming, I always cowered in the corner, with fear in my eyes.She didn't force me, so I haven't been in the water until now.I will drown if I fall into the water, there is absolutely no exaggeration in it.

But today, I fell into this green lake more than ten meters deep. If no one saves me, it will clearly push me into the realm of death...

After choking on several saliva, my hands and feet gradually became numb. However, in the urgency to save my life, I still struggled, uttering words with my lips parted and closed.

"help me……"

After saying these two words with all my strength, I stopped struggling and let the lake water pour into my mouth and nose, submerging me mercilessly.

Toyosaki remained indifferent, looking arrogantly at the ups and downs of the lake, and sneered at my cries for help.

"Akiho Toyosaki, what are you doing!"

Toyosaki hurriedly turned his head, and when he saw the person coming, his face was as miserable as paper.

She stared blankly at the man.

The person who both awed her and frightened her...

……

I opened my eyes, sporadic air bubbles overflowed from the corners of my mouth, and my body completely relaxed, allowing the lake to swallow me up.

The body was sinking slowly, powerless and weak, just like that, quietly, without any sense of existence, suspended in the cold lake water.

I vaguely heard the voice of someone on the shore...

My mind was empty and unconscious, and my chest seemed to be crushed by a huge rock, suffocating unbearably.So sad……

The eyelids gradually closed, blocking the moonlight shining into the lake.

Am I... going to die...

Drowning in the cold embrace of water...

……

It seems like a century has passed.

In the chaotic darkness, a gentle breath dispelled the heaviness on my body, dispelled the deep mist that enveloped me.

In the clouds and mist, a person took my hand and led me through the darkness and towards the direction of light...

The figure of that person is so familiar.

But he still refused to turn around and let me see his face clearly...

……

"Cough—cough—" I kept coughing, as if I wanted to cough up the remaining water in my lungs.

A hand patted my back lightly and appropriately, assisting me.

"Xiao Ling, you finally woke up!"

I tried my best to lift my eyelashes covered with mist, and Chiharu's worried and joyful face came into view.

"Qianchun...cough-cough-cough-" I wanted to ask her why she suddenly appeared here, but the lake water accumulated in my lungs made me cough violently.

"Xiao Ling, don't worry, cough up all the water first!"

A strong arm wrapped around my waist, and a hand gently patted my back.When I felt a little more comfortable, I realized that I was leaning on a warm embrace.

I raised my head and looked at the person who gave me warmth.

Everything that is soft belongs to Baishi.At this moment, his hair was dripping with water, and his handsome face was even more beautiful after being washed by clear water.Clothes clinging to the body because of soaking in water.I leaned against his strong chest, feeling the warmth coming from him continuously.

He was also looking at me at this moment, with a touch of distress in his amber eyes.

Is it him who saved me?

"Tibetan……"

I was about to ask him what happened, but Shiraishi pressed his delicate and cool fingers against my lips.

"Aya, stop talking." Shiraishi looked at me distressedly.

I looked at him silently and nodded slightly.

Chitose also stood by my side.Since I was drenched, he wrapped me tightly in his shirt to keep me from catching a cold.

Shiraishi went to the tennis club to change into dry clothes.Chiharu took me to the women's changing room.

"Qianchun, what happened just now? Why did you and Baishi come?"

After changing out of my soaked clothes, I felt extremely comfortable.Can't help but ask what happened.

"I was buying takoyaki, and Chitose suddenly came over to buy two boxes. I was curious, so I asked him if he wanted to buy it for others, and he replied that it was for you. After it was done, I wanted to give it to you personally, so I I came to the lake with Chitose and found you and Shiraishi, all soaked in water. You were drowning, and he rescued you."

I see.It seems that Shiraishi saved my life again...

He really is—the knight sent by fate to protect my life...

Sighing softly, suppressing my gradually chaotic heartbeat, I raised my head, with a gentle smile in my eyes.

——————Playback——————

"Akiho Toyosaki, what are you doing!"

Toyosaki hurriedly turned his head, and when he saw that it was Shiraishi, his face was as miserable as paper.

Before she could react, Baishi had already jumped into the water.

Toyosaki knew that Shiraishi could swim and was not worried.However, she was still distraught.If Shiraishi knew that he pushed Aya Kirishima into the water...wouldn't he be in trouble?

The surface of the water was up and down, Shiraishi picked up the girl who fell into the water, and gently placed it on the lawn.

Seeing Shiraishi come ashore, Toyosaki argued: "Kirishima accidentally fell into the water! I asked her where she went that day, and she accidentally slipped and fell by the lake..."

Shiraishi ignored him.He tested the girl's breath, then unbuttoned the two buttons of the girl's blouse, supported the back of the girl's head with his palm, took a deep breath, and bent down.

"You...you can't do this!" Seeing the intimate behavior of the boy he admired towards other girls, Toyosaki panicked and stopped him hastily.

"Please don't hinder me from saving people." Baishi raised his head and looked at her coldly.Although it was a summer night, she still felt the bone-chilling chill.

Toyosaki stood helplessly on the spot, watching Shiraishi perform artificial respiration for the girl again and again.

He, holding her cold lips, instilled the breath of life into her body little by little, awakening her almost dormant life.

"Ah——" Toyosaki held his head in pain and shouted, unable to bear to see the heart-wrenching scene in front of him, he fled in despair.

I felt the girl's breathing gradually stabilized, and she began to cough.Shiraishi breathed a sigh of relief.He held her in his arms, patting her on the back, helping her cough up the water in her lungs.

Ling, I have said before that I will never allow you to be harmed in the slightest...

The author has something to say: I didn’t have time yesterday, so I finished this chapter in one go in the early morning, because of Qiqi’s hard work until two o’clock, please support~

The typo has been corrected...