[Comprehensive Net King] Ryoma's Shadow

"Feel sorry."

In addition to this sentence, Zhiji really didn't know what to say.

In the eyes of all kinds, she calmly stood on the final stage, and together with the other two girls, they competed for the last place in Mike's hand.

No.1 is Minami Asakura, who came from behind, while Zhiji is competing with others for the last place.

Such a dramatic scene made everyone who witnessed the two climb the mountain together feel a sense of irony.

The camera switches back and forth between the two of them, Minami Asakura looks a little worried, but can't restrain the joy of knowing that she has just won No. lips, silent.

Although Zhiji looked calmer than the two girls beside her at this time, she was the youngest contestant after all, and the tension and loss on her face were self-evident.

In fact, there was a gap in the number of votes on the Internet long ago, but Mike held the tablet and looked at the three girls opposite, but did not speak for a long time.

"The last place..."

Chiaki couldn't help holding his breath.

"Shuangko Kamiya."

Zhiji felt that his nose was a little sore, and he obviously didn't really want to participate in the competition, but such a result seemed unacceptable to him.

Ambivalence...

A look of surprise appeared on the face of the girl who was named, but before she could exclaim, Mike gasped again.

"Unfortunately, it's time for us to say goodbye."

Kamiya Shuangzi was stunned for a moment, but Mike didn't give her time to breathe at all.

He then called the name of the next person.

"Tomoki Nozawa."

When Zhi Jixin mentioned it, she had no time to distinguish whether to use inertial thinking or reverse thinking.All I could hear was my heart beating against the ground, as if it was beating my eardrums.

Mike looked at her no longer calm face, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Congratulations, you still have a chance to participate in the next competition."

"How did you feel when Mike told you the news."

A few days later, Zhiji sat in a small interview room with a black curtain behind him, facing the cameraman.While looking at the screen, the cameraman asked the questions in the notebook.

This should have been an easy question, but Zhiji considered it uncharacteristically.

"……Very complicated."

"It's like the rest of my life after a catastrophe. There are joys and sorrows." Zhiji smiled, feeling a lingering fear.

"Then what do you think of the judges' evaluation of you?"

Zhiji froze for a moment, and the words "too gloomy", "unchangeable", "extremely negative energy", and "no potential" rang in his ears again.

Temporary glamor will make people feel amazing, but blindly doing this will only gradually make people feel bored.

"These words... are all true." She scratched her head in embarrassment under the camera, "Maybe, it has something to do with my daily life. But——I will try my best to reverse these stereotyped impressions."

"In the next stage, I like to bring you a brand new Tomoki Nozawa."

"I heard that you have been living alone in Japan for the past two years, supporting yourself, and living a very hard life?"

Hearing this question, Zhiji couldn't help but frown. It sounded like this question was specially designed for her to gain sympathy.

But when he thought about what Tsurumo Fukada said when he called last time, "the question draft has been reviewed", Zhiji felt that there was no need to worry so much.

Maybe, this question was raised by Tsurumo Fukada.

"Well... how should I put it. Living alone is indeed difficult, but you'll get used to it slowly. You'll find that it's not as hard as you imagined." She smiled and did Tai Chi, pouring a bowl of chicken soup.

From the very beginning, I was ignorant, living alone in a basement of nearly ten square meters, busy day and night, cooking by myself when I was hungry, and carrying it by myself when I was sick; Seconds of the camera; shy face in front of all kinds of "predecessors" to ask a small move, a subtle expression... until now barely stable, and even between studies and careers The process of being able to handle tasks with ease - in the beginning is tempering, then persistence, and later it becomes a habit.

After finishing speaking, Zhiji heaved a sigh of relief. After asking this point, you should be able to let go of this question, right?She glanced at the cameraman's notebook and found that there seemed to be several questions behind it.

Sure enough, the cameraman glanced at the notebook and continued to ask.

"So your character development has something to do with this?"

At this time, if Zhiji can no longer understand the purpose of this small interview, then she doesn't have to mess around.

But will the current audience really buy such an account?

She hung her head in silence for two seconds, as if thinking of something, then raised her head and showed an indifferent smile.

"Probably, who cares?"

"Like a friend of mine said—"

"I will always be mine."

But just after the game ended, Zhiji didn't have such feelings in his heart.

When she stepped off the final stage, she keenly felt that everyone's attitude towards her was different.Some came to bless themselves with a smile, but the smile didn't reach their eyes; some didn't go forward at all, but just said a few symbolic "congratulations" from behind, and the contempt on their faces was self-evident.

No matter which one, she felt the same message——

contempt.

She pursed her lips, and the smile she squeezed out was uglier than crying.

Almost everyone thought she was no threat.

On the return car, Asakura Minami was still sitting beside her, chatting excitedly with the girls in the front, back, left, and right sides, from the new lipstick number MAX released to the teaching content of the last class...

It is obviously a very lively scene, but it always gives her a sense of alienation intentionally or unintentionally.

Not to everyone, but to her.

Zhiji couldn't help thinking so in his heart.

Zhiji leaned his head against the glass window and fell asleep, but unexpectedly fell asleep.

Even if you fall asleep, let's escape from this exhausting world for a while.

She did not expect to meet Echizen Ryoma in such a place.

On the mountain, not far from the villa provided by the program group, in a temple without cameras.

"It's your turn." Echizen Ryoma left the stone pillar he was leaning on and stood up.

"Eh?" Zhiji stood in a daze on the stone ladder outside the temple.She wasn't surprised that Echizen recognized her from a distance, but she was even more curious about why he was here.

Recently, due to the broadcast of the program, this mountain has also become lively, but fortunately, the vicinity of the villa area is still completely closed, and the fans are of high quality, so there has been no trouble.

And she thought that there were few people in the morning, so she went out without any cover.

"Why are you here? Aren't you going to class?" Zhiji approached a little closer, only then did he see that the boy was still carrying a hiking bag, obviously fully prepared.

He was wearing casual clothes without a hat, and the aura around him seemed to have softened a lot.

"Sunday." Ryoma replied.

Today is a sunny day with bright sunshine, but the cold wind in winter is still indispensable.The wind blew past the porch, and the dead branches and fallen leaves that the little novice hadn't swept clean rustled again.If the distance is too far and the sound is too low, it may not be heard clearly.

He took two steps forward, descended the steps, and spoke a little louder.

"I came to find you."

Zhiji was taken aback for a moment, and tilted his head in a strange way, "Is there anything that must be resolved by me?"

Ryoma pursed his lips in displeasure, as if he was not happy that she didn't believe him.

"Of course, Hanyin." When he said this, he showed his usual proud smile again.And Zhiji's pupils shrank.

"You...understand?" She gritted her teeth and seemed a little uncomfortable, and even took two steps back with some fear.

"Well, of course." Ryoma nodded, a little displeased with her actions, "What are you doing? Why are you retreating?"

Zhiji shook his head and didn't answer.

And Echizen Ryoma didn't know what she was thinking.He just saw Zhiji's dodging appearance, and saw one or two people passing by occasionally, thinking that she didn't want to talk on this occasion.

So he walked forward without thinking, and when Zhiji retreated, he grabbed her wrist, and then turned around.

"follow me."

The author has something to say: Mina, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

9.17

I accidentally fed all the things I made yesterday to the dog, so I will start again today.

☆, diary and childhood friends

The winter morning is still a bit chilly, the sun shines through the branches and shines on the snow on the ground, and the mist floats in the air. It's okay up close, but it's hard to see clearly in the distance.Where the snow has melted, you can see some dead branches and leaves that have been buried all winter, and you can also see a little bit of greenery emerging from the branches.

Echizen Ryoma led Zhiji through the small woods, both of them held their breath and did not speak, the occasional sound of snow boots stepping on the ground became the only sound that broke the tranquility here.

If it was normal, being led around like this, especially for a boy he still has a crush on, Zhiji would definitely not be able to bear the feeling of a little deer bumping around, but now although his heart is still beating drums, there is only fear left.

He, he knows.

This sentence has been lingering in her mind.

So... what did he know?

The truth about the car accident?She regarded him as an imaginary enemy since she was a child?Or something else she can't think of right now?

Zhiji raised her head several times to ask him, but seeing his expressionless face, she quickly fell down again.But what she didn't realize was that devoting herself wholeheartedly to the matter in front of her at this time, on the contrary dispelled a lot of the haze of the past two days.

Zhiji had a restless heart hanging here, and Echizen Ryoma who was walking in front was far from being as calm as he appeared on the surface.He could always feel an electric current constantly coming from the hand holding Zhiji behind him.He wanted to get rid of it, but he didn't seem to be very willing...

Well, maybe it's sweat sticking.

He shook it lightly again, but retracted it so quickly that it seemed as if he had never done it.

He still wanted to feel this feeling in detail, but unfortunately, they had already approached the side gate of the temple, and walked through the low bushes to a relatively remote courtyard.

There were only one or two young novice monks sweeping in the courtyard, and there were several bamboo tables and chairs not far from the door, and there was even a set of Go on one table.Looks like a place dedicated to regulars relaxing.This temple is not big, and you can still see some tourists coming and going on the main road when you walk to the bamboo table, but the tourists don't necessarily pay attention to it.

To pick clean, here is the most suitable.

I don't know if it was a place he chose on purpose.

Zhiji shook his head slightly, a little speechless that he was still distracted at this time.

She glanced at Ryoma again, seeing that he was still habitually expressionless, and she became more and more uncertain.

With such a dignified appearance, shouldn't she think about how to explain it?

"That, that..."

"Kane...no, Nozawa-san."

The two spoke at the same time, but Zhiji's voice seemed very lacklustre, she immediately cheered up and answered hastily.It's like the panic of an elementary school student who is suddenly called by the teacher in class.

"Hi, Hi!"

"Why do you seem a little nervous?"

Longma smiled helplessly.This is a rare expression on his face, but Zhi Ji doesn't have much contact with him, so naturally he can't understand the different meaning in it.

He let go of Zhiji's hand, unloaded the backpack and put it on a chair beside him, then motioned Zhiji to sit down.After Zhiji sat down, he followed suit.Just now, he held her hand on his lap and shook it twice, feeling as if something was missing.

I felt a little uncomfortable, but Ryoma didn't show it on the surface.

"Eh? Really?" Zhiji smiled awkwardly, and sat down on the seat opposite him.With the small square table on all sides, it seemed that only such a distance and face-to-face posture could make her feel more secure, but she unconsciously clenched the hem of her clothes.

Fortunately, Echizen Ryoma would not notice such a thing.He always only cares about what interests him.

For example, the current position is convenient for him to observe Zhiji openly.

Her hair seemed to be a lot longer than the last time I saw her, and it was braided and hung on her shoulders, looking very cute.Although some hair was messed up by the branches when walking through the woods just now, it didn't affect the beauty at all, but it was a little more popular than usual gloomy.

She was wearing a gray winter jacket, a gray color, but she didn't look old at all.I heard that girls like to wear such clothes, because they don't look very thick.

But is it really not cold?

Ryoma frowned, somewhat incomprehensible.

"Aren't you cold in your clothes?" Before he had time to react, the words didn't stop.

Zhiji froze for a moment, then shook his head stupidly.

"Thank you for your concern. I'm not cold, and I'm used to it."

"Oh." Longma responded, suddenly feeling a little embarrassed in his heart, and the tips of his ears blushed uncontrollably.

He put his fist to his mouth and coughed, "I really didn't expect that you would be Hua Yin."

Zhiji pursed her lips, and she couldn't help secreting thin beads of sweat from the corners of her forehead.

"I... I didn't do it on purpose." I didn't expect that you would appear there that day, and I didn't expect that it would bring you such a disaster...

"Feel sorry."

Tomoki stood up abruptly and bowed to Echizen Ryoma, almost bluffing Ryoma with his quick movements.

He hurriedly got up and grabbed Zhiji's arm.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing? What is there to apologize for?"

Zhiji pursed his lips, replaying what he was about to say several times in his mind, who knew that Ryoma just asked casually, and had no intention of delving into it at all.

There was a puzzled expression on Ryoma's face, but he didn't sit down again. He turned around and took out something from his backpack, rubbed it in his hand, and handed it to Zhiji.

"Here."

On the cover is a diary with a picture of a little bear hugging a tennis ball, and the corners have been worn and stained a little dirty.If you open it, you will see the name of "Huayin" written in pink watercolor pen on the title page, and a nondescript orange is painted in the lower right corner.

Zhiji had opened this book countless times.

Seeing that Zhiji's attention was really attracted by the book, Ryoma slightly hooked the corners of his lips, and then pushed the book forward and stuffed it into Zhiji's hand.

"This, do you remember?"

"Huh? Why is this in Echizen-kun's hands?" This is her exchange diary from elementary school!

Chiki widened his eyes

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