special reward?

Such words made Midorima frowned slightly, and he asked, "What reward?"

"Well, it is said that if you win, you will get a 'victory kiss'?"

Midorima asked with an ugly face, "Did you win Xiude's reward?"

"No, it's if you win Zhengbang's reward." A-chan didn't deny it, she asked curiously: "But only us Seirin people should know about this matter, where did you hear about Ryota?"

"During today's game, the girl sitting in front of us, I know your Seirin's substitute."

Only then did the girl show a look of "that's how it is".She smiled and said, "Well, it was to boost morale. At that time, the battle with Zhengbang was very fierce, so we made an agreement jokingly. But so far, no one has come to me to fulfill the agreement. Everyone He's a very honest person."

"Hey, no one asked for fulfillment? Didn't Xiao Heizi either?"

"Neither Zhe nor." A-chan looked at the silent young man diagonally opposite, and she didn't lie - because at that time, she herself offered the prize that he didn't ask to honor.But she added with a smile, "However, Zhe is also special."

"Eh——" Kise didn't realize what the second half of the sentence meant.Hearing that no one asked to fulfill the promise, he suddenly showed a somewhat happy but complaining expression: "What a waste! Little Heizi!"

The boy who was eating with his head bowed in silence raised his eyes and glanced at Kise. "Kise-kun, no matter how many rewards you want, there are many girls who are willing."

"Well, although it's like this..." The young man who felt as if he had been stabbed inexplicably picked up the teacup, took a sip of the tea, and responded in a natural tone: "But, if it wasn't for Ah Chan, It doesn't make sense—Midorima thinks so too, right?"

"……boring."

"... Xiaolujian really hasn't changed at all." Huang Lai looked at the face-faced young man opposite, and couldn't help laughing: "Ah, speaking of which, Xiude also has a female manager, right? Xiaolujian got it Have you received any rewards?"

Green Room: "..."

Seeing his reaction, even though he didn't get any answer, Kise understood.

At this moment, Ah Chan's cell phone rang suddenly.The girl took out her mobile phone and glanced at the caller ID, looking a little surprised.

Probably felt that the environment in the store was a bit noisy, so she showed them an apologetic look, then stood up and left the store.

The rest of the three Teiko could only hear the girl's first words when she stood up: "... Aunt Sakurai? Good evening, what's the matter?"

"Sakurai... Auntie." Kise frowned slightly, "It's Ah-chan's current guardian."

Midorima nodded: "It seems to be."

"Speaking of which, although their family is Ah-chan's guardian, they have never taken care of her." The yellow-haired boy seemed to know a lot about Ah-chan, and he complained in an unaware, natural tone Said: "Have you really shouldered the responsibility of a guardian? Ah-chan's tuition fees and living expenses are all earned by working part-time by herself, and she always lives alone. If this is the case, what is the meaning of the existence of a guardian?" "

Kise brought up the issue of tuition and living expenses, which made Midorima's heart sink slightly, thinking of the girl's red eyes on the basketball court that day.He didn't speak, and continued to listen to what Kise had to say.

"Although I also know that the guardian has his own child, of course he will give priority to his own child... But, I just feel..." The blond-haired boy sighed with some annoyance, "I just feel that it is very distressing."

He is obviously just a high school student drinking tea, but he speaks like an adult holding a wine glass, thinking seriously and prudently about something very realistic: "...if I can earn more money, and then I can support Ah-Chan. I really hope that she can relax and not have to work so hard..."

Speaking of "making money to support" is already a bit strange, but Kise continued on in a serious manner: "Also, we have to consider marriage and children in the future..."

Hearing this, Midorima immediately interrupted him unceremoniously: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Heizi also joined in instantly: "Now is not the time to sleep and dream, Kise-kun."

"Hey!! You don't support me!! It's okay for Xiaolujian, why does Xiaoheizi even support you!!!"

Seeing Kise rolling around like a joke at Kuroko again, Midorima couldn't help turning his gaze to the store door.

The yellow wooden door was closed tightly, blocking the storm outside without the slightest gap...

If you make a phone call outside, although there is a rain-proof eaves outside the store, but the wind is so strong, you will definitely be very embarrassed by the rain... I have been out for so long, and I haven't come back. What are you talking about...

He couldn't help but stood up and said, "I'll go out and have a look."

Huang Lai said "Huh?", but there was no reason or position to stop him from exiting. Heizi just watched him open the store door in silence, and then walked out.

The green-haired boy closed the shop door with his backhand, blocking his sight in an instant.

... Ah-chan is there.

Mr. Lujian is now with her.

Although he understood that this didn't mean anything, Hei Zizhe still felt the distress in his heart, which made him stunned.

……

Midorima didn't know, and didn't care how many people behind him had how many subtle emotions because of his actions.

Because compared to that, he cared more about the one in front of him. As soon as he opened the door, he saw the girl standing outside the door.

Sakurai-chan stood there with her head down, motionless.She was holding the mobile phone in her hand, and she had obviously ended the call, but for some reason, she didn't go in.The strong wind rolled up the rain, and it blew on the girl's body from various gaps.The clothes that were only slightly damp at first were now almost completely soaked and stuck to the girl's body.But even so, the girl didn't seem to notice it, she just stood there blankly.

Midorima closed the door in astonishment, and then dragged her over.

"Sakurai-chan! What are you doing?!"

"I..." Sakurai-chan was pulled to his side by him, and only then did she regain her senses in a daze. "Ah...it's Shintaro..."

Her reaction made Midorima feel a little strange and uneasy, the boy frowned and hesitated, "Did something happen?"

"What happened..." The girl was stunned as if she couldn't even respond to the language spoken by others, "Aunt Sakurai just said that the orphanage in her hometown called her...Grandpa, he had a heart attack , seems to be dying..."

Midorima was stunned for a moment before realizing: Sakurai-chan was raised by her grandparents, her grandma passed away when she was in her first year of junior high school, and her grandpa has been in the orphanage all the time.

If her grandpa passed away too... He took a while to realize, if her grandpa passed away too, how lonely this girl would be in this world...

In any case, this is no longer a situation where you can continue to go back to the dinner party.Luma pursed her lips and said to her, "No matter what, I'll take you back first."

"..."

"The expression on your face now...is not suitable to appear in front of those people. I will help you take out your schoolbag, and then tell your coach to wait for me here." Midorima turned around and was about to go in, but I found something I had just missed.

He stretched out his hand and untied the coat belonging to Kise at A-chan's waist, then took off his own coat and put it on the girl's shoulders.

"...The coat, I'll help you return it to Kise. Don't let yourself catch a cold."

The girl was wearing his baggy uniform, she didn't move at all, and she didn't know if she was listening or not.Seeing her like this, Midorima couldn't help but anxiously opened the door and walked in.

Compared with the warm, noisy and noisy inside, the cold, dark, windy and rainy environment outside the store is like another nightmare world.

He couldn't keep her in a world like that for too long—

Kise watched Midorima come back in a hurry, and was about to say hello, but saw him go straight to Seirin's desk with a frown, bowed his head and said something to Seirin's coach.

Aida Reiko showed a surprised look, frowned worriedly, and nodded towards Midorima for some reason.

This made Kise frowned strangely.He watched Midorima go to take back his schoolbag as if saying goodbye to Kazuari Takao, then walked towards this side, and asked, "Did something happen?"

"A-chan's guardian called. It seems that there is something wrong with Ah-chan's grandfather."

Midorima didn't talk nonsense, he put Kise's school uniform on his chair, and then picked up Ah-chan's schoolbag. "I'll take her back first."

He spoke urgently and quickly, leaving little room for others to ask or interrupt.Both Kise and Heizi were stunned by the news he brought, and when they recovered, Midorima had already left very quickly.

When the anxious boy who left Sakurai-chan's side returned to the dark world outside the store again, he saw the distraught girl standing quietly in the same place with her head down, wearing his coat. The boredom and unspeakable emotion in Midorima's heart eased a little, but another anxious mood rose again.

But in this situation, if both of them panic, what should they do?

He took a deep breath and tried to regain his composure.Borrowing Seirin's umbrella from the umbrella basket in front of the shop, he spread it over the girl's head.

As if being unconsciously drawn by his movements, the girl looked at his movements in a daze, and raised her head.

"Let's go." Until now, it seemed that he still couldn't recover from the bad news of the last relative, so Midorima softened his voice with some sighs, and tilted the umbrella towards the girl: "……I'll walk you home."

Fortunately for them, they successfully stopped a taxi in the heavy rain.Although A-chan's bewildered performance made Midorima think that the taxi driver might think that he was a criminal who used drugs to abduct girls.

But no matter what, they finally arrived at A-chan's residence smoothly.

From the outside, this house is not any different from other houses.However, when Lvjian found the key from Ah-chan's schoolbag and opened the door, he realized how... lonely this house was.

That kind of loneliness may come from the feeling of emptiness in the house, and the reason for the feeling of emptiness is because there are traces of people living in this house, which is so thin that it seems to be nothing at all.

This is the first time Lvma came to Ah-chan's home. He had imagined what Ah-chan's home would be like—she is very gentle and demure, so the home environment should be very elegant and warm, even if she is alone Living in it must also lead a very peaceful and quiet life——

Because, what kind of environment, what kind of people will live.

But he never thought that the place where such a beautiful girl lived would be such a cold room.

Maybe in the final analysis, whether it's him, Kise, Aomine, or even Akashi—

None of them knew what kind of pressure and burden a lonely life represented for a girl who was not yet an adult.

It is said that the true appearance of the owner of the room can be seen from a room, so, under those gentle, quiet, and cheerful appearances, the most profound and core characteristics of this girl are hidden--the same as this cold and silent room. , is it the same?

Midorima couldn't help looking at the living room outside the entrance and the stairs leading to the second floor.

They were standing in the doorway, so they turned on the light in the hallway, but not in the living room.

So looking at the stairs at the other end of the living room from the porch is like looking at a road from light to darkness.

He looked at the darkness that was not far away, as if it was about to spread to the endless darkness, as if he saw the girl walking into that silent shadow every day, silently and alone.

It seems so lonely...

Midorima wanted to dispel the darkness.

He was about to turn on the light in the living room, but just turned around, this action seemed to stimulate the girl who had been quiet all this time, no matter what he said or did, she didn't respond.

She grabbed his hem tightly.

This made Luma stunned for a moment: "A-chan?"

Then, he felt the girl's forehead lightly pressed against his back.

"Shintaro..." Sakurai-chan leaned against him from behind, calling out his name in a low voice. "Shintaro... where are you going?"

From the empty voice at the beginning, the voice slowly revealed real grief and trembling, as well as the fear that if she let go, he would disappear immediately.

It seems that he finally came back to his senses...

Midorima didn't know how to comfort the girl behind him who was tightly tugging at the hem of his clothes, he could only raise his hand and push his glasses, and then responded calmly: "I'm right here."

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