Cherish the time

August [-]th is Hegu's birthday.

After the game ended that day, as soon as Shindo came out of the gate, he saw Kazuya and Aoki Emi who hadn't seen him for a long time.

"Congratulations on making it to the final of the Masters." He Gu cheerfully raised his hand and gave him a high-five. "What do you want to eat tonight? I'll treat you."

"Nonsense, of course it's your treat." Shinto slapped him on the back of the head, "This is a trick to repay you for Qixi Festival."

Seeing the two of them fighting, Fujisaki and Aoki who stood aside covered their mouths together and giggled.

"Good afternoon." Shindo turned around and greeted the two girls, and teased with a smile, "It's really a great honor for Hegu to be able to invite two beauties here."

"Since I went to Neptune, I've learned a lot about boasting." Emi Aoki crossed her arms and squinted at him, "The longer this looks, the better..."

Shinto put his hands together and begged for mercy, dumbfounding, "It's alright, alright, Miss Aoki, don't act like you haven't seen her since graduation, okay?"

Aoki Emi grinned, "I am willing."

"Hui Mei is blaming you for not going to Haase for so long," Fujisaki interjected behind her, "so that every time she goes to the science classroom to look for you, she misses it."

"Why am I looking for him!" Aoki rolled his eyes helplessly, and suddenly felt that he was really worrying, so he waved helplessly at Shinto, "Good afternoon, good afternoon, His Royal Highness Shinto."

"Hush—" Shinto made a silent movement, "Don't talk nonsense here."

"Eh? Did I say something wrong?" Aoki looked at Fujisaki blankly, "But the last time I heard Kurosawa-kun was talking about Shinto Hikaru and other celebrities..."

"Xiaoguang hasn't got the title of celebrity yet, he just got the challenger qualification just today." Fujisaki explained a few words, "—You, you only heard what Kurosawa-kun said."

Emi Aoki knocked her casually, "Don't talk nonsense, I have no interest in Go."

"Huh? Then what should I do?" Fujisaki pulled the corner of Aoki's clothes and made a heartbroken expression.

Seeing the two girls "flirting and cursing" like no one else, Shinto and Hetani looked at each other, and saw the extremely familiar helplessness in each other's eyes.

The two looked at each other for a while, and Shinto asked as if suddenly remembering: "Did you just come out of the broadcast studio? Why isn't Xiaoliang here?"

"I came out to pick them up when I was in the fourth hand of 190, and Xiao Liang probably has to wait a little longer." He Gu glanced at his watch, "It should be here soon..."

"Is there a problem?"

"There is a reporter—someone whose surname seems to be Guse... He said that "Go Weekly" will have a special issue of Toya Yukihiro, and he wants to interview Xiaoliang, who is both a family member and a junior." He Gu shook his head. He said calmly, "Because Xiaoliang said that there are still arrangements for a while, the reporter said that he would ask for 10 minutes first... Ah, he is here." He waved his hand towards the door.

Shinto turned his head and saw that the green-haired boy who was walking out was Taya Ryo.

When he turned around, the eyes of the two happened to meet, and then they were stunned at the same time.

——Because they seem to have made an appointment, they are both dressed in striped shirts and black capri pants, the difference is that the stripes on Taya's body are green, while Shinto's are orange.

Hegu whistled, patted Jinteng's shoulder and said with emotion, "You two really have a tacit understanding."

When the two of them stand together and compare, there is still a certain difference in the distance between the stripes of the two, and the difference in the style of the trousers is actually quite large.

But seeing such a pleasing scene, who would really care about whether their dresses are exactly the same.

Emi Aoki stared at the two of them for a long time, then sighed inexplicably.

"What's wrong?" Fujisaki asked her.

"Why doesn't my childhood sweetheart have this level of looks?" The tone was quite resentful.

After Taya greeted everyone one by one, Shinto asked He Gu, "Who else are you waiting for?"

"Ikaku and Tsukino." He Gu replied calmly.

"ah…! ’ Zuowei subconsciously called out.

Shinto: ...

So he conveniently slapped He Gu on the back of the head.

"Hey!" He Gu complained, holding the back of his head with some displeasure, "This hurts so much."

"You asked for it." Shinto said that he didn't feel guilty at all.

"Tsukino is...?" Hearing this surname, Ta Yaliang's heart skipped a beat, and a vague displeasure emerged from the depths of his heart.

"A chess player of the same level as me." Kazuya Bishi explained lightly, "Xiaoguang is so excited that he can't control his movements every time he sees someone." He also gave him a "you know" wink .

Almost all "bad friends" in this world have a natural sensitivity to this kind of ridicule, and Kazuya is almost sure that Taya will understand what he means.

It turns out that Taya did understand what Kazuya meant.

But unfortunately, he has no intention of going along with it.

Taya's face darkened, "Don't make such jokes casually."

Unable to get support from Taya, Kazuya closed his mouth resentfully.

Shinto hooked Taya's neck, and proudly announced to Kazuya, "Did you hear me, don't make fun of such things casually."

When both Yijiao and Tsukino arrived at the gathering place, a group of people started heading towards the nearby barbecue shop.

The storefront of this barbecue restaurant is not big, but the business is quite hot. When Hegu and the others arrived, there were already more than a dozen tables lined up outside.

Hegu, who had booked the seat a few days in advance, led a group of people and swaggered in under the envious and jealous eyes of the waiting people.

"Eat whatever you want, I'll treat you!" He Gu, who has been a professional chess player for more than three months and has already accumulated a small amount of money, waved his hand and acted very generously.

Fujisaki who was sitting beside him blushed and tugged at his sleeves... She felt that this was really embarrassing.

"Happy Birthday!" A group of people shouted with laughter while raising their glasses full of juice.

—Although it seems odd that a group of minors would go to a kebab shop to celebrate their birthday...

But just be happy!

After eating and drinking, the boys were full, and the girls were in better condition, but they also ate a lot more than usual.

"I'm going to gain weight again..." Fujisaki muttered while rubbing his belly.

Aoki Emi glanced at her, but didn't make a sound - she didn't want to bring up the topic of weight at all!

But I'm full...

She rolled her eyes, and saw Shinto who was about to get up, and asked quickly, "Xiaoguang, where are you going?"

"Go buy some digestive tablets."

"I'll go with you." Emi Aoki stood up while speaking.

On the way to the pharmacy, Shinto asked, "What do you want to tell me?"

Aoki Emi was not surprised at all, "...Do you know that Mingming liked you?"

Shinto said "Ah..." inexplicably.

"I'll just say it, Xiaoguang! ’ Zuo Wei said proudly.

"Ah what!" Aoki interrupted him irritably, "That child has liked you for a long time! But you have never been enlightened! Now, she has a boyfriend, and she said that you will always be her brother , Speaking of which, what happened to Hitomi Tsukino? Why did you still want to match her up to you..." These words seemed to have been held back in her heart for a long time, and today she finally had the opportunity to express herself.

Shindo listened to her nagging quietly, and only said one sentence.

"She's fine now."

Emi Aoki glanced at Shinto with a look of hatred for iron and steel, "You are really out of your mind."

As he said that, he walked a few steps angrily, and walked in front of Shinto.

Shinto Hikaru looked at her back, and the three characters "Don't mess with me" clearly appeared in his mind.

He took a deep breath and was not affected by her words.

He obviously liked him, but it wasn't true that he was only 13 years old, how could he not know.

But because of this, it is even more impossible for him to accept this feeling.

As for Hitomi Tsukino...

Shinto didn't intend to say that he had rejected Tsukino—if possible, he hoped that Tsukino could completely forget about this story and continue his life happily.

Besides, from Yue Ye's point of view, she doesn't want everyone to know that she was rejected, right?

In the barbecue shop.

Toya and Tsukino, who were sitting next to each other because of Shinto's departure, looked at each other for a while, and Tsukino spoke first, "Taya-kun, do you like Shinto-kun?"

Taya pursed her lips and said nothing.

Tsukino Hitomi didn't seem to care, and tilted her head, "Yes, you two have such a good relationship, how could you not like it?"

"I also really like Shinto-kun." She said softly, with a serious expression as if she was talking about a major event related to a lifetime.

"——!" Hearing this, Ta Yaliang subconsciously frowned.

Tsukino took a sip of tea, smiled wryly, "But... Shindo-kun rejected me."

"But there is no way, I still like him very much." She poked the soy sauce in the soy sauce dish with her chopsticks, and the bean-sized light projected in her pupils, reflecting a warm taste, "...so Ah, I still want to look at him, be near him, talk to him."

Speaking of this, she stuck out her tongue a little embarrassedly, "It's so strange, I'm obviously not a shy person, but only when I'm facing Shinto-kun, no matter what I say, I feel so shy that I'm about to die .”

"But even that makes me feel so happy."

"So, I was thinking... This feeling of liking is actually a treasure bestowed on me by God."

"Even being able to like Kamito-kun must be a lucky thing."

"..." Ta Yaliang was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Why did you tell me these things?"

"Yeah...why..." Yue Ye smiled at him, "...probably just want to tell you."