Chapter 273 Sakakibara Raku’s Declaration of Victory

Boom boom.

There was a knock on the door.

Boom boom.

Two more times.

"Nishijima-san, Nishijima-san, I am your instructor for the new semester. Can you come out and talk? Why don't you come to school?"

Still no response.

Tsukimi Satomi stopped at the door of each house. While knocking on the door, he tried to knock twice, but the situation was obvious. There was still no response in the house.

She retracted her hand and looked back at Sakakibara Raku and Amami Kuriuri who were standing behind her. She shook her head helplessly and said, "As you can see, he didn't react at all when I called him."

Tianhai Jiuliuli couldn't help asking from behind: "Teacher, are you sure Xi Dao is at home?"

"Definitely. He locks himself at home every day and doesn't know what he is doing - according to Mr. Nishijima whom I met during my home visit yesterday."

Sakakibara raised a hand: "I want to remind you, you two didn't understand something. This is a building, not an apartment. If you knock on the door, you can't hear it on the second floor. You have to press the button. doorbell."

"Ah, is that so?"

"Idiot teacher. Forget it, I'll do it."

Raku Sakakihara was just about to ring the doorbell when he was suddenly pulled back by Tsukimi Rakuten, "No need, Mr. Nishijima just happened to be here."

As soon as Mr. Tsukimiri finished speaking, Sakakihara Raku saw a man in a suit and leather shoes with a serious expression carrying a briefcase approaching from the other end of the street. He saw several people standing in front of his house, until he saw the words [Nishishima ] before stopping in front of the brand name.

As soon as Nishijima Nimura saw Teacher Tsukimisato, he bowed down apologetically:

"Teacher, please visit me many times."

"Well, this is also part of your job as a teacher."

"As a father, I didn't know until yesterday that Damu had not gone to school. This is my dereliction of duty anyway." Nishijima Nimura bent down and stood up. His wrinkled eyes were closed, with a tired look on his face.

"Lejun, I have a question."

Tianhai Jiuliuli was confused when he heard this. Logically speaking, if Nishijima Omu did not come to the school for a long time, the school would contact the parents.

She asked in a low voice to Raku Sakakibara beside her.

"Well, according to Mr. Dokage's explanation, Mr. Nishijima's contact information has not been updated, and his parents have never been able to contact him. That's why Mr. Miyasaka and now Mr. Dokage came to visit Mr. Nishijima's home and personally asked him who he was. What's going on, but Naihe keeps calling people but there's no response, Teacher Daojing just met Mr. Nishijima yesterday."

Nishijima Nimura heard the discussion between the two people behind Tsukimi Sato Michikake, and saw that they were wearing the same school uniforms as his son, "You... must be Nishijima's classmates, right?"

"Yes," Sakakibara nodded and admitted, "My name is Sakakibara, and the person next to me is Amami Kuruuri. We are classmates with him now, and I was a friend who could talk to him before."

"Friends? That's really troublesome for you to take care of Nishijima at school."

"I would like to ask, Mr. Nishijima, does he know why Omu doesn't want to go to school?"

Nishijima Nimura shook his head: "I only found out yesterday that he hasn't gone to school. He usually locks himself in his room when he comes back from school, so I didn't notice it. Usually he comes out normally when I make breakfast. Have a meal."

In fact, Raku Sakakibara roughly guessed Mr. Nishijima's identity from his upright dress and serious and slim temperament - a white-collar worker in the company, and his class was not low.

"This is the handout from the past few days since the new semester started." Sakakihara took out a stack of printing paper from his schoolbag.

"Sorry to trouble you." Nishidao Ercun took a quick glance at it, and then sighed heavily.

"Mr. Nishijima, are you very busy at work on weekdays?"

"Yes, the company has a lot of things that need to be dealt with urgently."

It seems that there is one common characteristic among students of Myeongde Elementary School - their parents are very busy.

Tianhai Jiuliuli keenly captured a detail just now: "Mr. Nishidao said, Mr. Nishidao, you will cook all the breakfast?"

"Yes." Nishidao Ercun nodded.

"Where's Mrs. Nishijima?"

"Died last year."

Tianhai Jiuliuli suddenly realized something was wrong, and his tone became quieter, "Ah, please, my condolences."

"Um."

Nishijima Nimura nodded expressionlessly, and then said to Teacher Tsukimiri:

"I tried talking to him yesterday, but it didn't work. I found out that after I found out about him, I ate breakfast after I went to work. Knocking on the door and trying to communicate with him had no effect."

"This is a sign of closing oneself off." Teacher Tsukimiri analyzed.

"Yes, Damu has been very unsociable and withdrawn since he was a child. This is partly because of his congenital disease that prevents him from exercising strenuously. The second half of the reason I think is related to his personality. That's why he has classmates who are willing to come to visit his home. He, I'm happy for him as a father."

Tianhai Jiuliuli heard this and thought thoughtfully:

"Is it because of Mrs. Nishijima's incident that Nishijima-san doesn't want to come to school? Although I'm sorry to bring this up again, my mother's influence on Nishijima-san will be profound, right?"

"The impact is great," Nishishima Nimura was silent at first, then shook his head, "but I don't think it was caused by this reason. My wife's incident happened at the beginning of last year, a year has passed, and when the first grade started , his performance has always been normal."

Raku Sakakibara also knew Oki Nishijima from that time period.

He is indeed very normal and often discusses girls' cup sizes and measurements with Fujino during lunch time.

Tsukimi Sato Kyung: "I'm calling Le and Jiu Liuli over now, mainly to let peers talk to each other. After all, it's difficult for boys at this age to open up to their parents. I think both teachers and fathers belong to Within the scope of the parent.”

Nishida Ercun nodded in agreement: "This is how you should be at a rebellious age."

"Everyone, it is against the rules of hospitality to let guests stand outside. Please come in first."

West Island No. 2 Village invites everyone into the house. Sakakibara put on his shoes at the entrance and looked at the environment of the house for a while.

It's very clean and orderly, with no garbage or some inexplicable plastic bags in sight, which shows that the owner of this house has quite good habits.

"Where are you going?"

Just when Raku Sakakibara changed his shoes and followed Mr. Nishijima into the lobby, Mr. Nishijima happened to bump into Oki Nishijima who was carrying a schoolbag and seemed to be going out.

The stern tone that belonged to his father couldn't help but make both Sakakibara Raku and Amami Kuruuri glance sideways subconsciously.

"garage."

Nishijima Ohki answered in a normal tone, but when he saw a few people behind his father, he realized something was wrong.

"That one is——"

Of course he knew Sakakibara Raku and Amami Kuruuri, but he felt strange to the woman standing next to them. Black hair, black-rimmed glasses, a suit and vest paired with a white coat. What kind of look does this look like for a woman?

"you do not know?"

"do not know."

Nishijima Nimura sighed heavily, and Teacher Tsukimiri also smiled bitterly.

".I mean, when did you stop going to school? This is what I told you yesterday, your new class instructor. When did you stop going to school?"

Nishijima Ohgi said nothing.

Nishijima Nimura closed his eyes and said nothing, letting out a heavy sigh from his throat that only an adult male could make.

The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.

Nishijima Daiki watched his father sigh.

After a long silence, the atmosphere became increasingly awkward.

Tianhai Jiureli had never seen this kind of atmosphere in other people's families. He hid behind Sakakibara Raku. Anyone could see that the current few people had broken into a family's Shura field.

Teacher Tsukimi was the first to speak. She stood forward handsomely, coughed and said: "Ahem, um, Nishijima-san. It probably started at the end of January. I came to school four times in January. Three times in the first half of February, and then in March, apart from taking one exam, there were only zero times.”

Father sighed again.

Tsukimi Sato Kyung asked with concern: "Did something happen at school?"

".No, I just don't have time."

His father immediately opened his eyes and yelled at him quickly and with suppressed anger: "No time? Are you a student? What does it mean if a student doesn't have time to go to school?"

His father's scolding shocked Tianhai Jiuliuli's shoulders, who had never faced such a situation before.

Sakakihara Raku could feel that she was startled.

"...I don't want to say it." Nishijima Ohki didn't want to face such a father.

"Don't want to say it? Do you understand what the situation is now? The teacher and your classmates have come here specially! I heard that you told the school that you wanted to drop out? Lie that I agreed, what do you want to do? go?"

"I just want to do what I do, right now."

"do what?"

"Photographer." When Nishijima Ohgi said this, he also covered the things behind him with his hands.

"Yes, photographer." After Tsukimi Satomi heard the word, he repeated it as if to confirm.

After hearing this, Nishida Ercun's face suddenly stiffened. He seemed to suddenly understand something and closed his eyes again: "It seems that you are really obsessed with it, but you can wait until you go to college to do this kind of thing." It’s not too late, right?”

".No," Nishijima Ohgi shook his head, "I just want to spend as much time as possible on this matter."

"Don't be so naive, Damu! You must understand your current status as a student."

"I understand, but my mother can already do this very well at my age!"

"Your idea is so unrealistic!"

"Don't always treat me like a child!"

"It's what you said that makes you look so childish!"

The father and son were quarreling here, and Sakakihara Raku probably understood what was going on.

--Disagreement.

Nishijima Ohgi has his own ideas and is tired of or doesn't like his current life.

This is pretty much the reason why he doesn't come to school.

There was a high probability that his father would not agree with him, so he chose to hide it.

Nishijima Nimura closed his eyes and tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart before he turned back to the thick middle-aged man before and continued: "I understand your thoughts, but it's not like you don't know about your mother. After graduating from college, wait until After you graduate from college, if you do this again, I won't interfere."

"That's it again."

"What did you say?"

"It's always like this! It was always like this when you promised your mother before that you would always go out with you after I finish work. You would always go out for a trip together after I finish my work, but the result? Every time , every time, every time, every time, the time is pushed back, and the promised things are never fulfilled as scheduled. Isn’t it because my mother was delayed five times in making her promise, and finally ran off to take photos in the wild alone, leaving no one around to take care of her? She, as a husband, don’t you have no responsibility at all as a father!”

Tsukimi Rido Kyung hurriedly interjected: "Damu, this sentence is too much."

"It's his fault!"

After saying this, Nishijima Damu couldn't help but lower his head and clenched his fists. Nishijima Nimura, who originally looked very tired, closed his eyes in pain as if a memory he didn't want to recall was evoked.

As a bystander, Sakakibara understood that these words must have exposed his father's scars.

"." Nishida Ercun suppressed something. He took a deep breath, "Graduate from college. After you graduate from college, if you want to be a photographer, you won't care. You are too naive. Photography is a thing. It's not as simple as you think. How can you do it easily just relying on the shadow left by your mother? Seeing that I spent money for you to attend a prestigious school like Mingde Elementary School, then I want to aggrieve my thoughts for the time being. Fine."

"I'm not asking you to help me."

"you."

"You can't make sense with your father after all."

After the conversation ended, Nishijima Omu turned around and left the hall, going back to the second floor.

There was a click and the sound of the door closing on the second floor came from the stairs.

Nishida Ercun watched his son walk back to the bedroom, and there was another deathly silence.

He glanced at the photo of the three of them placed in the hall and saw his wife's smile in the sun facing the camera.

"Sorry for embarrassing you." He turned around and said to the three people standing in the living room.

As a father with a serious personality, his eyes were actually a little red.

It’s really sad to raise a child alone.

Tsukimi Satomi realized it deeply and shook his head: "No, I can understand the child's thoughts. And Mr. Nishijima, as a father, has no fault at all."

Sakakihara Raku felt that Nishijima Nimura was quite reasonable as a father.

If it were my former father, "What, you want to go to college? What do you know, a little brat, to be able to do it? You came out to learn electrician from me after graduating from high school, and the salary is not higher than the job you got after college?"

If I were to transfer my father's character to Nishijima's father, I'm afraid he wouldn't have the heart of a widowed son.

Nishijima Nimura continued: "The child has been independent since he was a child, so he usually doesn't have many friends in school. His mother has a profound influence on him. I can understand that he was influenced by his mother and wanted to learn photography. , and I can understand his anxious mood, but due to the death of my wife, I don’t really want to agree."

Tsukimi Ridojing thought, "Did that child Omu suddenly become like this?"

"I am not very sure."

"That's it. Okay, Le and Jiu Liuli, go up and ask. As peers, you must be able to communicate with him better than Mr. Nishijima and I."

"no problem."

In fact, there is no need for the teacher to tell him, Sakakihara Raku also has this idea.

*

Second floor.

Boom, boom, boom.

Boom, boom, boom.

Boom, boom, boom.

Tianhai Jiuliuli knocked on the door three times in a row. After making sure that the person inside the door heard but still had no response, he spoke to the door in a gentle voice:

"Nishidao, Nishidao, I am Tianhai Jiuliuli. I was entrusted by Teacher Daojing to bring you the lecture notes. I wonder if you can open the door and have a chat? Nishijima-san, Nishijima-san."

Boom, boom, boom.

Boom, boom, boom.

Boom, boom, boom.

Three more sounds.

After a long silence, a tentative inquiry slowly came from the door, ".Tianhai Jiuliuli?"

"Yes, it's me."

".Why did you come to me?"

"We are classmates now."

"There's no need for classmates to do this, right?"

"I'm the deputy monitor now, so——"

"Classmate Tianhai Jiuliuli used his position to show his superior status as soon as he came up? Sorry, we have nothing to talk about."

"No, I don't mean that."

Sakakibara motioned to Amami Kyuri: "Let me try."

He walked to the door and knocked twice more, "Nishijima, it's me, Sakakibara."

Sakakibara continued the conversation: "I accidentally heard the conversation between you and your father just now. I can completely understand your thoughts. Everyone has something that is not supported by their parents."

"One is Sakakibara and the other is Amami. Are you a couple coming to my door to express how much love you have?"

"No, Nishijima, we were just asked by the teacher to ask you about your current situation out of concern for classmates."

"Care? A famous celebrity came to care about me? Are you smiling to show how popular you are?" Nishijima's tone was not cold, but he was so calm that he seemed inaccessible, with a deliberate sense of alienation. .

"."

A former friend said it was a cash deposit.

Sakakibara understands that this represents distance.

But what can I say? What Nishijima said is the truth.

After all, Sakakibara Raku has too many things to do now, and he usually spends less time with his classmates.

Fortunately for Fujino, he has a childhood sweetheart to encourage him, but he is also a shameless and hot-blooded idiot.

It felt more or less like the two of them had left Nishijima behind.

"I'm sorry, Nishijima, Fujino and I didn't deliberately miss your idea, but we all have reasons to move forward."

".I think you misunderstood something, Sakakihara. I never thought that I was abandoned or anything. A character like you who has always stood in the sun should feel that everything in the world is positive."

"I've never felt that way."

"But what is the reality? There are no difficulties in forming a band, and your parents are always supportive. Even your team members are blindly catering to you. Isn't this a reality for famous music families and idol voice actors to write songs and sing for you? Mitsuru accomplished something in a good situation, and then went to show off how awesome he was in front of people who didn’t have that many connections at all? Sorry, I have no interest in you and your harem group."

If there is any difference between Nishijima and the classmate who scolds him secretly, Nishijima Ooki appears to be very rational in his judgment of things.

Sakakihara Raku also thinks that he is a person who can communicate well, even though his tone was a bit aggressive just now.

"Nishidao, I don't deny our previous friendship, and I haven't deliberately alienated you or anything. It's just because I have been busy recently and need to take care of other things. So, as a friend who used to have a very good relationship, I would like to ask Asking why you don’t come to school anymore? In fact, everything happens for a reason. I don’t think you suddenly want to hold a camera and become a photographer for no reason, right?”

".You wouldn't understand."

"How come I don't understand if you don't tell me?"

"."

No response.

No matter what Sakakihara Raku said after that, there was no response.

Sakakibara looked at Amami Kuruuri who was standing with him.

"He doesn't trust us at all."

"Nishijima-kun looks like he doesn't like us disturbing him. Although his tone is normal, his words are as if he wants to drive us away, and he is aggressive."

After discussing for a long time, they did not come to any useful conclusions, so the two of them had no choice but to go downstairs.

He looked at Nishijima Nimura and Tsukimari-sensei who were sitting at the same table chatting at the same time.

"How is it?" Teacher Tsukimiri asked.

Sakakihara spread his hands.

"It failed. It seems like it will have to happen a few more times."

Tsukimi Rido Kyung put his hands on his knees and stood up, "As expected, let's come back next week."

Nishijima Nimura, who had been talking to the teacher, stood up and said goodbye, "It's really troublesome for a few of you."

"fine."

*

On the way back, in the teacher’s car.

Tianhai Jiuliuli patted his heart, looking relaxed.

Sakakibara noticed her movements, "Did Liuli remember the quarrel between uncle and aunt?"

"Well every time I'm faced with that situation, I'm at a loss."

Tsukimi Satomi put out his cigarette, started the car, and while changing the direction of the car, he interjected: "Family conflicts occur in basically every family. When I was only a few years old, I often quarreled with my mother."

"The teacher wants to say more than ten years ago. Why not give a more accurate number?"

"You can't just ask about a woman's age. You still want me to explain something so simple?" Tsukimi Sato said as he turned the steering wheel and drove the vehicle into the street. "Let's get back to business. According to what you said just now, about Nishijima-san I think something must have affected him, so he was unwilling to come to school and wanted to inherit his mother's last wish."

"What does the teacher think?"

"How do I know? But in fact, reluctance to go to school is just a few conditions. Being bullied in school, hating school, having feelings hurt in school, or being excluded by small groups. Putting aside family factors, just go back and forth. That’s all. Come on, I’ll treat you two to a meal.”

"Is the teacher so generous?"

"After all, I asked you to help me. No, when have I ever been stingy?"

*

Out of his duties as monitor and his serious and responsible attitude, Raku Sakakihara collected some information related to Nishijima on campus in the past few days.

I would take it out and read it every afternoon when I was in the Literature Club.

Tianhai Qimingyue has noticed his movements in the past few days: "What have you been checking recently?"

"There is a record of whether a classmate was bullied in school."

"Then? So what if we find out?"

"What you should know in July is what I told you about the West Island two days ago."

Tianhai Qi Mingyue covered half of her face with her library book, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed: "When did brother become so dedicated? Teacher Dao Jing should just ask you to help him go over and talk."

"I have short hands. Who knew that the last time Jiuliuli and I were invited to dinner, the teacher was setting a trap for us! I just finished eating and asked me to help collect information."

"Is it possible that Teacher Dao Jing knows that you are dedicated to your duties, and the meal is just a reward for your hard work in helping her manage the class for more than a week?"

Sakakibara smiled at her and said, "Qiyue, you are smart."

"It's no use praising me." Tianhai Qi Mingyue glanced at the information he handed over.

"How about helping me?"

"Having a problem?"

"No, I know the reason. I just want you to understand the situation and then come with us in the afternoon."

"I'll just leave if you tell me to leave?"

"You are my girlfriend."

*

Boom, boom, boom.

Boom, boom, boom.

In the afternoon, at Nishijima Ohgi's home, Sakakihara Raku knocked on the door of his room again.

"Nishijima, Nishijima, it's me, Sakakibara, I'm here again."

The door was silent for a long time, and then a voice came:

".I must admit, Sakakibara, you are really annoying, and you specifically picked a time when I wanted to go out."

"You go out at four o'clock every afternoon, right? Don't think I haven't been here these days. In fact, I have been visiting the place."

"Then what? What are you going to say today?"

Sakakibara glanced at Amami Nanamigetsu, who was facing him with her arms folded across her chest, and made a gesture of invitation to her.

"You want me to take care of your own troubles."

Tianhai Qimingyue took a step forward and faced the door with a calm face, "The person inside is called Nishijima Daiki, right?"

".and who are you?"

"Seven bright moons in the sky and sea."

"The harem groups come here in turns, right?"

Nanami Nanami's expression remained calm, but what Sakakibara Raku saw was that her entire face turned dark.

"July, July, calm down, calm down."

"No need to remind you."

Tianhai Qimingyue said to the door with a sullen face: "You can say whatever you want, I am here for only one thing, to persuade you to get out."

"What are you talking about persuading me to go out? In fact, you guys just regard this as a mission to complete. As long as I go out, your mission will be completed."

"Otherwise? Do I still care about you? To me, your affairs have nothing to do with me. If Sakakibara-san hadn't asked me to come and have a few words with you, I wouldn't even want to come."

"See. It's because of your indifferent attitude towards other people that you are so annoying."

If it were Jiuliuli, he would definitely try to persuade her tactfully again.

But Tianhai Qi Mingyue's strong character does not allow unreasonable logic to appear in her field of vision.

"Am I wrong? If Sakakibara-san hadn't focused on his friendship with your former friend, he would have searched the school every day for the real reason why you didn't come to school? He would have spent so much money that should have been used to compete for the student council president. Time wasted on you?"

"So, Tianhai-san, why are you here? Since it's none of your business, I didn't ask you to come to my place at all."

Tianhai Qimingyue said in a normal tone: "People have relationships in society. Even if you don't ask me, your behavior has affected you, your father, our school and our teachers, and the teacher put the situation You told us, so even if you don't ask us, we will still come to your house."

".It's really annoying to be so long-winded."

"If you don't leave your current room, this nagging will stay with you for the rest of your life."

".You don't understand me at all."

"Isn't it just that the confession was rejected, and then the woman teased her with her friends about it as a otaku thing?"

"." The room immediately became silent.

Sakakihara couldn't help but whisper to Tenkai Nanamiyue: "July. This is really sad."

Amami Nanami's eyes still didn't change, but the look in her eyes when she looked at Sakakihara Raku already revealed "Can I know?" ]the meaning of.

Well, July was the one where I was rejected the most.

"If you can listen to what I'm going to say next, just keep listening. If you can't, forget it. Your current behavior is just self-defeating, and you are feeling sorry for yourself. What is your state of mind now? You are insulted, very sad, and very unhappy. Are you happy and feel like no one can support you? Then give up on yourself?

"The fact is, you are just acting like a child. You are closing yourself in by destroying yourself, and then gaining attention from the outside world - so you are willing to answer our right questions. Don't say nothing Please let us pay attention to you. I am sure that you are completely enjoying our attention to you now. If we leave, you will definitely feel regret and disappointment in your heart.

"In my opinion, such behavior is more equivalent to waste."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Sakakihara Raku quickly stopped Nanami Nanamigetsu. Although letting her speak was effective, if she was not careful, she could completely break the defense.

July is really unsparing in his criticism of others.

After asking Nanami Mingzuki to leave the second floor first, Raku Sakakihara said to the door of the room again:

"Ahem, um, Xi Dao. Qi Mingyue is outspoken, and her original intention must be to cheer you up."

".Two people are singing together, right? First you use a knife to make a wound on someone's heart, and then a blood bag suddenly pops up and directly stuffs it into your wound to stop the blood?"

".Can we meet and chat?"

"Give up, I will never open the door."

Sakakibara leaned back in front of his door, "Then I will chat with you at your door."

".I have nothing to talk about with Xianchong."

"Why not? Even now, I like to look at the bust of beautiful girls. Even when Qi Mingyue walked downstairs just now, half of my attention was on her breasts. Sometimes I would compare them with her sister. , whose one is bigger."

".I feel like I still can't talk to you."

"Why? Do you feel inferior when facing beautiful girls? Men should face their own desires more directly. I think you were quite confident before. In the past, you could calmly say a lot of philosophical words to me. Come on, I still remember what you said - [I still treat myself well on my birthday. I will stay at home, turn on the TV, plug in a game I liked before, and then load the save file. Looking at the girl inside holding the gift, with a shy expression, she sheepishly handed out the gift and whispered happy birthday to me in a low voice]."

".Doesn't it sound more pathetic?"

Okay, it has some effect.

Sakakibara leaned against the door and continued to say to Nishijima inside: "Can you tell me how you fell in love with the girl you confessed to."

"."

no respond.

"Let's talk, there are only two of us here now. Jiu Liuli and Qi Mingyue are below and can't hear us."

Nishijima Ohki in the room seemed to have made a lot of mental preparations, and took a breath that even Sakakibara Raku could hear outside.

". He said happy birthday to me and also brought a cup of milk tea."

"Just because of this?"

".Just because of this."

Sakakihara Raku also asked the girl involved about the situation.

How should I put it, this is indeed excessive.

The reason why the girl said happy birthday to Nishijima and gave him a cup of milk tea was because she was playing a big challenge with her friends after losing in the king game.

The reason was that they picked up Nishijima's student ID card and saw his birthday.

And because Nishijima often sat alone in the family restaurant eating dinner and playing handheld games, he was noticed by several girls. His birthday happened to be a few days later, so they asked one of them to take the initiative to buy it on the day of the King Game. A cup of milk tea, while returning the student ID card, he said to Nishidao with a smile: "Happy birthday, this cup of milk tea should be given to you as a birthday gift!".

That girl knows how to dress up and is quite pretty.

To Nishijima, who had never spoken to a real girl in his life, this was like a ray of light from the sky, so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at it, and it was natural for him to have a crush on her.

However, the other party actually had a playful attitude, and the gentleness in subsequent contacts were just superficial polite words.

A typical example of falling in love with a girl because of her gentleness.

Sakakihara Raku remembers that Jiu Liuli was often confessed by boys because of this. The difference is that Liuli is truly gentle and will not make fun of boys' feelings even after rejecting her.

"It is true that the other party went too far in this matter. But this is not a reason for you to use it against yourself."

"Come here, right? The advice comes from successful people, so it all has the same taste. It seems to be a great sermon from a high position, but in fact it doesn't care about the role below."

"What kind of successful person? It's from the experience of a loser. It's not like I've never been rejected. Yes, it's Jiuliuli. You know, she did agree to me at first, but the reason why she agreed to me was actually not simple. In her After my mother asked her to study abroad, she dumped me. At that time, I understood the fact that she heard my true confession to her, but my sincerity to her, she actually I don’t care at all. Of course, I know it won’t be like this later.”

".So? What do you want to explain."

"Don't worry. After I was dumped during that time, I also had the idea of ​​​​finding a quiet place like you. So I can understand your current approach. A colleague who refuses to communicate with outsiders expects the other person to regret taking the initiative. Come to yourself and expect the outside world to care about you. This is human nature! After all, everyone hopes to have someone who can comfort them when they are sad. If that person is a member of the opposite sex and can give themselves a hug, that would be even better. alright!"

Sakakihara Raku stretched out one leg and looked at the ceiling of the corridor.

"I used to look forward to someone who would care about me when I was hurt, someone who would care about me when I was sick, someone who would love me, and then be willing to share the troubles in life and spend time together in the noisy world. After that, we will get married together, have children together, travel through the four seasons together, watch the cherry blossoms grow up every year, and accompany us until we grow old together. How happy this is."

"It's just a cliche. Anyway, you guys are excellent at everything, with excellent appearance, excellent grades, and outgoing personality. That guy Fujino is even more damn lucky. He has a childhood sweetheart who has cared about him since he was a child, and even Take the initiative to let him grow.”

Sakakibara Raku: "Well, I understand what you mean, but what do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is that only you guys can enjoy the things I just mentioned, and those of us who are looked down upon can only hide in dark corners and fantasize."

"I understand, it's envy, right?"

"Yes, I'm just envious. At the same time, I hate you standing on a high place and pointing fingers at everyone, saying that you can achieve it as long as you work hard. Let alone the appearance, you can't touch other people's toes even if you work hard for a lifetime. . All I want to do now is continue to inherit my mother’s unfinished business, travel the country by myself, and be a photographer.”

"It's impossible to be as good as others in terms of appearance, and you won't be able to touch other people's toes throughout your life of striving for wealth. Well, you are absolutely right in saying that, but is this the reason for you to feel sorry for yourself in a small room?"

".You want to teach me a lesson again, right?"

"Yes," Sakakibara admitted directly and said solemnly, "This time it is really preaching, because there are always people in the world who complain about others and envy others. They think that no matter how hard they try, they can't compare to the final genius.

"It is true that everyone has a different starting point and different results. Some succeed and some fail. But I think, Nishidao, you are not qualified to say this now."

"."

"To quote a sentence from a novel I have read before, "Devoting all your life to one thing, burning yourself up to ashes that can't even shed blood or tears, even if you do this, , you still can't win against an opponent who doesn't work as hard as you - only this kind of person is qualified to say this at the end].

"And Nishijima, what have you done? What have you done on the path you want to stick to? Have you achieved anything in the past month? You said you wanted to inherit your mother's career, so how many photos did you take? You I said before that your mother can do very well at this age, so you can ask your father now how much effort your mother put into photography to achieve that point at your age?"

Sakakibara Raku's big call was not without effect. At least there was no movement in the house for a while.

"I'm making progress, but I just don't have the support." The voice in the room became a little weaker.

"Then if there is no support, you will choose to give up? This does not prove your own ideas.

"Xidao, I am happy to have people supporting me, and I feel happy, but things are different, and people are also different! As a human being, sometimes we have to learn to accept the reality and the gap. Just like when I was a child, I had to live in I have to admit that I live in a leaky house. Do I envy those who live in big houses? Envy, definitely envy! But is this the reason for me to complain about the other person? No, I deeply understand that I am not them, I am In the current situation, all we can do is to continue to work hard and try our best to hold my sister and survive every day.

“At that time, even though I climbed very little, very slowly, and at a completely different pace than others, I knew that I was still moving forward. It’s the same now.

"Nishijima, if you want to gain support, work hard to get your father's approval, and show your thoughts and actions in places that he doesn't expect! He is not the kind of unreasonable person, even if your mother is a photographer because of He passed away due to the incident, and your father was disgusted by it, but he still respected your choice and gave you some room."

". Then he said he would wait until he graduates from college."

Sakakibara laughed: "Isn't that because you prevented him from seeing your strength? In fact, in my opinion, your performance yesterday was full of childish naivety. What should you do now? Go to school well, and then Take the time to prove yourself with real photography. Just like I finally let Jiuliuli, who dumped me, take the initiative to come back and confess to me! She really likes me now."

".After all, it's just talk on paper."

The voices in the room still sounded reluctant.

Sakakihara Raku knew that in fact, he had already softened his heart, but there was still one step left.

"Well, actually, I have been studying photography recently because of the band's music video. How about we study it together? As long as you can come to school."

".You.?" A questioning voice came from the room.

"Huh? Don't believe me? Why did I lie to you? Don't think that I am done playing bass in the band. I also have to be responsible for shooting videos, editing, and mediating the relationship between my sister and Qiyue who often quarrel.

"Not to mention normal times! I prepare everyone's meals. Now I still have to maintain the top three grades in the school, manage class affairs, prepare to compete for student council president, and maintain my daily running. Messages from fans I will also go and read them one by one, reply to them, etc. Don’t you think that I have reached this point without doing anything, right? Even Fujino runs with me every day in order to change himself! Now he is an outstanding member of the baseball club A member of the club."

".Aren't you tired?"

"I'm tired, why aren't I tired? But I can improve myself even if I'm not tired? I'm not a genius at the level of Jiu Liuli and Qi Mingyue, and I don't have as good a fortune as them. By the way, let me tell you, in fact, even if They are very talented, and they have played the piano since they were young until they shed tears!"

Click, the door was opened.

Nishijima Ohgi appeared through the crack in the door wearing round glasses.

".I don't understand what's the point of you telling me so much."

Sakakihara patted him on the shoulder and said loudly:

"There is no other reason, Nishijima! Because I am your squad leader, a friend, and I heard about you, I don't want to meddle in other people's business. Of course, the most important thing is that I hope I can become a A person who is responsible, high-spirited, and able to lead everyone forward. As a person with such strength, charm, and knowledge, he will shine like the brightest star in the starry sky, and will be looked up to by everyone, and will be admired. The admiration of everyone will make the girls around him as beautiful as Bozi soda in summer involuntarily want to follow behind."

".That's you, not me, and you've already done it now." Nishijima Oaki tilted his head and complained in a low voice.

Sakakibara laughed.

"I haven't done it yet. And don't say that, Nishijima. Your mother, Chiyomi Nishijima, a photographer who has chased comets all her life, will definitely expect you to inherit her name in the photography world after working hard. Let’s shine.”

Soon, Nishijima Daiki lowered his head, clenched his fists, and whispered:

"That's really despicable, Sakakibara."

"So, go back to school and don't let your father worry. He only has you as his family."

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"It looks like it's over."

Amami Nanamigetsu, who overheard all the conversations at the top of the stairs, crossed her chest, thinking about Raku Sakakibara's declaration just now, and gave a rare curl at the corner of her mouth:

"Want to be the star that my sister and I follow around? The sun? The central air conditioner has been upgraded to nuclear fusion heating, right?"