Amamiya Chizuru turned around and walked out, Natsume Naoki followed behind her carrying the handbags.

Shirai probably realized that based on the words and deeds Amamiya showed just now, it was useless for her to say anything, so he did not chase her out. He just sat on the edge of the bed and covered his face with his hands. He didn't know whether he was crying or shaking...

In short, this was the last scene Natsume Naoki saw before the door closed.

When they came out of the bedroom, the two of them didn't see Shirai's mother. They thought it might be because their daughter's friends were visiting and being the only parent at home would make the children feel constrained.

Everyone grows up from children to adults. Some people forget it when they grow up, but some people remember this, so they will become good fathers and mothers.

"What should we do now?" Amamiya Chizuru asked: "Generally speaking, what would you do if you go to someone else's house as a guest and the host is out?"

Natsume Naoki glanced at her and replied: "You were as powerful as a little lion just now. You were smart and smart in school, but I didn't expect that you looked so strange in a strange way..."

He originally wanted to say the word "cute", but seeing that Amamiya Chizuru was still angry, he felt that he shouldn't say this.

"Then what can I do? I have no friends. I rarely visit other people's homes. Even if I do, my dad takes me there... You know, in that case, the guests won't be able to leave me and my dad at home and go out alone.

."

"Just leave."

"Wouldn't it be rude?"

"It would be rude if we had a better relationship with Shirai." Natsume Naoki thought for a while: "Even if we are not friends, it would be rude to leave without saying goodbye if we are just classmates. But now you have seen it, we both

It can even be said that I have a bad relationship with Shirai, so if I don’t leave now, it will be more embarrassing when her mother comes back later.”

"That makes sense." Amamiya Chizuru nodded, "Then let's just go ahead."

"Can't you see that you have no friends?"

After walking out of the street gate, Natsume Naoki asked.

There were no lights in the dim alley, the sky was already dark, and the infrastructure in Adachi City was completely incomparable to that near Amamiya Chizuru's home.

She and Shirai are the two most typical classes.

Amamiya Chizuru rolled her eyes at him, but didn't mind. Instead, she said frankly: "Yes, I just don't have many friends. Her family background is similar to mine, such as my neighbor's daughter. She prefers music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and drinks.

Blue Mountain goes to a golf club on the weekends. I like to play video games, and I drink a 130 yen can of Coke. I go to the video arcade in Shibuya on the weekends...so I can't play with them."

"What about the girl who likes games? You can't be the only one in the world."

"In their eyes, I am the one who likes playing chess, calligraphy and painting. After all, my surname is Amamiya." Amamiya Chizuru smiled slightly, not feeling lonely at all, and took a few handbags from Natsume's hand.

Now that she has gone out, she no longer needs to be as aggressive as she did when facing Shirai. She can't always trouble others with her own things.

Her movements were very elegant, but her tone gave people a very free and easy feeling: "I'm fine like this, a homebody doesn't need friends."

"Hmm..." Naoki Natsume rubbed his chin and thought for a while, then raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said with a smile: "But we need teammates."

"Hey, what my teammate said is quite good. It's much better than that raccoon dog like me." Amamiya Chizuru gave him an elbow: "Isn't your head still very useful?"

The little rich woman felt that she was now being greeted in a very manly macho style. The friendly interaction between muscular men and teammates that is popular in those hard-core shooting games is a sign of recognition...

But because of her delicate body and weak physical strength, it seemed to Natsume that she was flirting.

He just doesn’t want to be praised for being smart by a girl like you who has 9 points of understanding. It’s just that he has other things on his mind right now.

Natsume Naoki shook his head slightly, "It's easy to use intermittently."

The street entrance can already be seen in the dim alley, and there are still street lights on the road outside. However, in this area of ​​Adachi-ku residences filled with old courtyards, even the street lights on the road exude the color of soybeans.

Drowsy, reminiscent of lights blurred by rain on a rainy night.

While the two were chatting, a somewhat familiar figure flashed out from the corner of the street and walked quickly this way.

When they could see each other's faces clearly, both sides were stunned.

The expressions of Natsume Naoki and Amamiya Chizuru were obviously more...awkward.

"Why are you leaving now?" Shirai's mother was sweating profusely, carrying a heavy vegetable basket in both hands——

Inside is half a cut watermelon and many apples.

Natsume Naoki and Amamiya Chizuru looked at each other and spoke first.

"It's too late so I won't bother you."

"Why don't you stay and eat some fruit before leaving?" Mrs. Shirai tilted her head, wiped the sweat that fell to her cheeks with her shoulder, and showed a very simple and sincere smile: "Neighbors say that the fruit here is sweet, so buy it

Everyone, give it a try...it almost closed down, but fortunately, auntie, I have good legs and feet."

Natsume Naoki felt very uncomfortable, especially when she saw the half-cut watermelon.

Although watermelon is very expensive in Japan, it is not something that he and Amemiya cannot afford.

But for the Shirai family, this is a different matter.

Why?

The two of us are obviously here...

For a moment, Natsume Naoki didn't know what to do, but Amamiya Chizuru seemed calmer at this time.

"I really don't want to stay anymore. I'll have to worry about it later when I go home." She smiled kindly at Shirai's mother and asked casually: "There is still a faint fragrance in Shirai's room. Auntie, do you usually clean it for her?

?”

Mrs. Shirai was stunned. She didn't expect this little girl to ask, "No, Kirizawa doesn't let me enter her room. Did you two go to her room?"

Chizuru Amamiya nodded, and Mrs. Shirai showed a happy expression.

"That's great. That means you have a good relationship! This kid Wu Ze really regards you as a friend. When she was in high school for girls, she rarely brought her classmates into the bedroom when they came to visit her home!

"

Then Mrs. Shirai put the vegetable basket at her feet, picked up the box of half-cut watermelon and stuffed it into the arms of the two of them.

"If you don't want to stay, why don't you two eat on the way back? You can also eat it on the bus. Watermelon can be brought on the tram... They say it's sweet. Auntie, I haven't eaten from his store either, but it's not that good.

The truth is not sweet.”

"You... you are friends with Shirai. Auntie, I am uneducated and have been working here all my life. Shirai is in college and studies very hard, right?"

Natsume Naoki didn't answer, nor did he reach out to take the box of watermelon.

He was wondering whether to tell the truth or not. Even if it didn't work, he told his aunt that they were just here to visit the work-study students, just as he had discussed with Chizuru Amamiya on the way here.

But before he could speak, Amamiya Chizuru had already taken the box of watermelon from her hand.

"She works hard and is very friendly to some of her classmates."

Natsume Naoki turned his head slightly to look at her. He knew this was not a lie. Shirai worked very hard in his work-study program and was very friendly to his female classmates... He just didn't know what Amamiya had planned.

Obviously this box of watermelon is absolutely not allowed to be picked up.
Chapter completed!