Hongcunxiu leaned a little tiredly on the soft back seat of the taxi, his eyes were closed, and he couldn't help replaying what the doctor said in the hospital just now over and over again in his mind.

The doctor said that the deterioration of the condition has slowed down, but doesn't that mean it is still getting worse?There was no way to reassure him at all.

Hongcun Xiuzhi's father had been hospitalized for some time. At first, he thought it was just a minor illness, but he didn't expect that the more he checked, the more serious the problem was.Although the family began actively seeking treatment immediately, his father's condition continued to deteriorate day by day.

Originally, the Hongcun family was treated in a well-known hospital in Tokyo, but after staying in the hospital for a period of time and found that his condition did not improve, he began to ask around, and then found a famous doctor in Ikebukuro, and transferred his father to another hospital. come over.It's just that now, it seems that the famous doctor doesn't have a good treatment plan, but... since he said that the speed of deterioration has slowed down...at least, it's getting better, right?

After consoling himself for a while, Hongcunxiu let out a long sigh.

He turned his head to look out the window, and a thought began to pop up uncontrollably—he hoped to focus more on his home, the head of the basketball department... Maybe it's better to give this position to someone else...

Although Akashi Seijuro is only a freshman, he is undoubtedly capable of leading the basketball team to go further.

With these thoughts in his mind, he stared at the scenery outside the window without focus, but in the flashing street scene, Hongcun suddenly saw something, he suddenly came back to his senses, sat up straight body.

"Wait a moment--!"

Hongcun Xiuzhuo leaned over and urgently instructed the driver who was about to go straight: "Turn right!"

……

Haizaki was holding Ah-chan's hand and turned right around the corner of the street.

Ah-chan thought that today she might be able to get Haizaki's germ cells—although the system detected that his cell level was lower than Kise's, she was still very optimistic about the part of his character that was more aggressive than Kise.

After watching the movie, they went to a famous ramen shop in Ikebukuro to eat ramen.Huizaki seems to be quite familiar with Ikebukuro, so A-chan couldn't help asking him: "Huizaki-kun seems to be very familiar with this place, do you come here often?"

"Well, because there are many interesting places here," Haizaki replied lightly: "So sometimes I skip training, or when I don't want to go to class, I will come here."

His tone sounded very natural, as if he didn't feel any apology or guilt about skipping assignments and classes, so Ah-chan blinked and laughed, "Won't Huizaki-kun be uneasy?"

"Uneasy?" Haizaki glanced at her, showing a typical bad student's smile of contempt for the school, "Why are you uneasy?"

Ah-chan let out a long "huh" and frowned as if she didn't know how to answer, showing a troubled look.

Then she sighed and changed the subject, "Then, what does Haizaki-kun usually do in Ikebukuro?"

"What to play, computer or something."

A-chan knows about computers, although she is not very good at using them, "Are you playing with computers in Ikebukuro?" She showed curiosity and confusion, "What kind of place would that be?"

"Ikebukuro has a lot of places like internet cafes." As expected, Haizaki replied knowing Ikebukuro very well: "Sometimes I don't want to go home, and I've lived there a few times—" At this point, he casually complained about this The society is unfriendly to teenagers who run away from home: "It's really troublesome that minors can't go to places like hotels."

But as soon as Haizaki finished speaking, he realized that those words might cause misunderstanding.Subconsciously, he immediately turned his head to see A-chan's expression: "...Hey, I didn't mean to take you out and take you to the hotel!"

A-chan looked at him worried about her misunderstanding, and couldn't help laughing.

"Really?" She deliberately asked with a skeptical look, then quickly rolled her eyes with a smile, "Then let's go to the Internet cafe!"

Haizaki frowned, "What are you doing there?"

"Well, because I want to know what Haizaki-kun usually likes to do and where he likes to go—" Ah-chan's smile suddenly mixed with a little shyness, "If Huizaki-kun goes often, there must be Haizaki-kun who likes it." I don’t know much about it, but I want to see what Haizaki-kun likes.”

Want to see something you like.

Want to know you better.

The meaning revealed after that sentence almost made Haizaki completely unable to utter the words of rejection.

He opened his mouth and was about to respond, but suddenly heard a very familiar voice behind him, with an unbelievable tone: "Huisaki? Sakurai?"

A-chan and Haizaki looked back together, and were surprised to find that Shuzo Nijimura was standing behind them—and the surprise on his face was not much less than theirs.

A-chan froze for a moment, "...Minister?"

Haizaki said badly in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face as if nothing happened: "Ah, isn't this the minister?"

Hongcun ignored him, he watched A-chan walking towards them, and then his eyes naturally fell on their hands holding each other, and he frowned: "Why are you here together?"

A-chan didn't speak or move.

Haizaki stood in front of her, staring at Hongcun, with a smile that didn't penetrate into his eyes, he said: "Come out to play. It's the minister, why is he in Ikebukuro?"

But Haizaki obviously didn't have much credibility in Hongcun's heart. He ignored him, but looked directly at A-chan behind Haizaki, and asked again: "Sakurai, why are you in Ikebukuro together?" ?”

Minister Hongcun seldom is particularly severe. Although he has the majesty of a minister among the members, he is usually very approachable, but at this moment he has a serious face, which makes people feel intimidated for no reason.

Ah Chan's expression looked like a child who was caught doing something bad, but she pursed her lips, looked away, and refused to meet Hong Cun's eyes, but her words were stubborn and refused to give in: "...that's , Come out and play."

"Ordinary friends come out to play, do you need to hold hands?"

"Minister," Haizaki couldn't hold back, "Are you the homeroom teacher, or Sakurai's father?"

However, Hongcun looked at him calmly, "I'm not asking you."

The confrontation between them seems to have finally aroused Ah Chan's emotions. She couldn't help but raised her head and glared at Hongcun, "What's the matter with holding hands! I hold hands with whomever I like, and hold hands with whoever I want to hold hands with." It doesn't matter, Minister!"

Her eyes turned red, and Hongcun's own tone suddenly weakened unconsciously, "...What about Ziyuan?"

Speaking of Zi Yuan, Ah-Chan pursed her lips tightly and lowered her eyes again, "...what does it have to do with him, and I have nothing to do with him."

It's just that she said "it doesn't matter", but the expression on her face clearly showed a little sadness.

Hongcun couldn't help but sighed.

He thinks that Ah-chan came out with Huizaki probably because she got angry after a quarrel with Ziyuan.

But—this is definitely not something that Ah-chan can bring up by herself.

Hongcun glared at Huizaki immediately, and turned his gaze coldly: "Huisaki, it's not a good behavior to sneak in while the other party is arguing."

Haizaki raised his eyebrows, "It's a bit too harsh to say something about taking advantage of the situation—Sakurai himself said that she has nothing to do with Murasakihara at all."

When he said this, he suddenly paused, looking at Hongcun with a hint of malice in his eyes, "Besides, Minister, you are very clear to Sakurai..."

Before Haizaki finished speaking, Hongcun interrupted him forcibly, "Then where do you want to take Sakurai later? An Internet cafe?"

Haizaki's expression froze suddenly, not knowing what was different about this word when he said it in Nijimura's mouth.

"The last time you were detained by an Internet cafe, I was the one who brought you out." Hongcun immediately suppressed Haizaki with the aura of a minister, as if in a basketball gym: "I don't want this You called me for help again."

At this moment, Ah-chan suddenly asked with some doubts: "Internet cafe?"

Haizaki pursed his lips and glanced at her, "It's nothing."

Ah-chan looked at Hongcun again, Hongcun paused for a moment, but stopped continuing the matter that obviously had Haizaki's handle, and changed the subject, "Sakurai, come here."

He looked at her, and said in an unquestionable tone as a senior: "It's getting dark, I'll take you back."

A-chan didn't move.

"...I don't want to go back."

She grabbed Haizaki's hand tightly and hid behind him. "...I don't want to go back yet."

Her expression was sad, but her tone was very stubborn, "Anyway, even if I go back now, there is no one at home."

Haizaki and Hongcun were stunned for a moment.

Unlike Haizaki, who only knows about the recent death of an elder in Ah-chan's family, Hongcun can learn more about Sakurai-chan's family background from the teacher.

Many people in Teiko know that her grandma passed away not long ago, but only a small number of people know that Sakurai-chan's parents are long gone.

At this time, Hongcun finally softened her face that had been tightly tensed before, and sighed.

It seemed that Grandma's death had hit Sakurai harder than anyone could see.

He thought so.

It's true, after all, I lost my parents since I was a child, and was raised by my grandparents.

I was hit, and when I came back, I was stimulated by Ziyuan's ignorance...

This is, the so-called low tide period?

Then, this guy Haizaki took advantage of it...

Once a person gives up self-restraint and his thoughts are blocked, he will do many unpredictable things.

Thinking of this, Hongcun Xiu frowned, with a troubled look on his face. "...Your parents and grandma wouldn't want to see you like this."

These words seemed to have finally touched Ah-chan, she was stunned for a moment, and then slowly let go of Haizaki's hand.

——It seems that there is no way to collect germ cells today.

She raised her head and looked at Haizaki sadly.But that pitiful gaze was obviously misunderstood by the two of them.Haizaki frowned, he gave an anxious "tsk", turned his head away, but let go of her hand.

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