From the moment I first picked up Xiaochun at the school gate, I had already noticed that something was wrong with her. She seemed very uncomfortable with the routine club activities during the summer vacation. On the other hand, when she was talking to me, she

He also seemed a little timid and emphasized that he didn't want to be seen by others.

This kind of situation will not happen to normal Xiaochun, so I can be sure that the problem she is facing now is definitely not a simple problem, and this problem may even be related to me.

"Hey, Yui - um, Kazuya." It was obvious that Koharu initially tried to address me in her usual polite tone, but, as if she was still competing with Kogi-senpai, she changed her subsequent address to

My name, I have to say that Xiaochun's tenacity in this regard is somewhat admirable.

"Kazuya, do you remember Asada?" Koharu asked cautiously.

"Who is Asada?" I gave Xiaoharu an answer neatly. I felt that there was no need for me to remember the names of all the people I had met.

"Okay," Xiaochun frowned slightly, "do you still remember the names of the players you expelled from the football department at the internal selection meeting of the football department the year before last?"

"The guy who was eliminated," I smiled nonchalantly, "there's no need for the guy who was eliminated to let me remember his name, right?"

"But," Xiaochun bit his lip and said, "There were several people who were eliminated at that time, not because of lack of strength, but because they did not obey your tactical arrangements and were directly excluded from the roster by you.

I also conducted a seven-on-seven group practice with the main lineup of the team you led, and you severely suppressed me before leaving."

"It seems that there is such a thing." I slowly recalled the situation at that time. Yes, although I paid great attention to the abilities of the players when selecting them, I paid more attention to their discipline and absolute obedience to me.

The arrogant people who disobeyed my command were all simply excluded from the club by me in the end - of course, I thought I gave them a convincing reason. After all, they couldn't beat me in a group confrontation.

Isn't it?

"So, you are saying that this Asada-san was a self-righteous guy at that time, right?"

"Well," Xiaochun sighed softly and said, "He is now the current director of the football department of Qingquan Middle School."

"Football club?"

I remembered that I should know this unfortunate Asada, the boy who had a huge quarrel with the student union in the student union room over the poor budget of the football club.

"Do you understand?" Xiaochun stared at me closely.

"I probably know who it is," I nodded and replied, "So, is he coming to you again to ask for a budget? I think with your ability, you should be familiar with dealing with such trivial matters as asking for a budget, right? Isn't it difficult?

Could he still block you in the corridor and threaten you to increase his budget?"

"It's not like that. He has absolutely no way to refute me about the budget issue." Xiaochun shook his head bitterly, "Although I know that his situation is actually very difficult, the football department really cannot produce convincing results."

"Isn't this solved?" I didn't want to mention too much about the football club to Xiaochun. It would only remind me of the unforgettable game half a year ago.

"——Kazuya, stop being so aggressive." What surprised me was that Kogi-senpai actually stood on Koharu's side at this time and said to me, "Sugiura-san looks very troubled now, right?"

A smile appeared on Xiaochun's somewhat bitter face, and she opened her mouth, as if she wanted to apologize to her "rival" Senior Xiao Muzu, but she was unwilling to compromise due to what she just said. In the end, she still

Somewhat stubbornly, he turned his head and coughed lightly. Senior Xiao Muyu continued to listen to Xiaochun's narration as if nothing had happened.

The senior's words forced me to calm down, and Xiaochun was able to continue describing the situation she was facing now. However, this time, her expression looked very hesitant, as if she was not too embarrassed to speak out the problem.

.

Seeing this expression, I felt that this matter must be related to me.

"Tell me, if that guy really wants to compare himself with me, I don't mind teaching him a lesson and helping you solve this problem. Are you satisfied? People with different abilities should have different abilities.

If you have a goal, you don’t have to be so ambitious.”

"That's not the case, Kazuya, you have misunderstood." Koharu retorted weakly.

"Well, if that's not the case, you have nothing to say in front of me. You obviously came to complain to me, right?"

"Okay," Xiaochun finally seemed to have made up his mind, nodded heavily, and said, "The question is about the finals half a year ago."

I finally understood Xiaochun's hesitation. That final was not only a watershed in my thoughts, but also a watershed in our relationship. It was the quarrel shortly after the final that made us finally break up. So, no matter from the perspective of

No matter what angle, for both of us, that game was a forbidden matter.

"That final? What did that guy know?" I asked in a deep voice.

"He actually doesn't know anything, and we don't know anything, right? Until now, we don't understand what happened in the second half, and we don't know, so what can he know?" Xiaochun said with a bitter smile.

"You don't know, I know, I should be responsible for that failure, it was all my fault."

"Kazuya, you really don't need to think like that. That failure was not your fault alone—"

"—Isn't that what you said after that game?"

"I was so excited at the time that everyone was a little dizzy. Later, after thinking about it carefully, I realized that it is unfair to attribute all the problems to you." Xiaochun's face showed a sad and pleading expression.

.

However, I don't like this expression. During our last quarrel, her expression was also like this.

"——So I hate this, do you understand? Obviously you reminded me before, and you also said the same after that game. Why do you want to deny your answer now, and take the same responsibility as you did then?

Isn’t it enough to just put it all on me? Why, you all have to tell me now that I have come to a conclusion that it is not my problem alone! You have thought about it calmly and I am thinking about it calmly now, right?

——”

"——Kazuya, this is the school's archives. If you speak loudly, you will be kicked out by the administrator." Senior Kogi's words poured on me like water.

My emotions are a little out of control. This has not happened to me for a long time. I thought that I would not be able to think like this since I was thinking completely rationally. However, it turns out that I am still very far away.

It's really a good thing that Senior Xiaomu is here today. Looking at Xiaochun's expression just now, I know that if no one else interferes, the debate on this topic will only lead to one result. Both sides will deny each other.

point of view, then lose control of emotions, and finally break up unhappy.

--As in all previous cases.

"Well, you two, I'm sorry, I don't know exactly what happened in the finals half a year ago that you mentioned, but what we want to discuss now is not the issue of responsibility for that game, right?" Senior Xiaomu Yue said with a friendly face.

He looked at Xiaochun and me with caution, but the rare oppressive atmosphere on the senior's body could not be hidden.

Senior Xiao Muxi has always seemed very relaxed in front of me, which makes me always feel that her "senior" side is not very prominent. However, when she shows an attitude towards her juniors again, this aura is really real.

It surprised me a little - although it didn't make me nervous, it was enough to calm me down, who was a little irritable just now.

Xiaochun on the other side also nodded quietly and looked at me with a questioning look.

I gave her a "no problem" gesture.

"Well, that's it. Regarding the finals half a year ago, there has been such a rumor in the school recently?"

"——Recently, it's summer vacation right now?"

"Sorry," Xiaochun glanced at me sheepishly, "I and other members of the student union noticed that this place was recently. Because we had to hold a joint cultural festival before, we didn't pay too much attention to some minor things. In addition, we were busy helping people at that time.

It was all thanks to you, Kazuya, so by the time we realized this, the rumor about the finals half a year ago was already very popular."

"So, what did that rumor say?"

"That rumor said," Xiaochun said with a painful expression, "if I hadn't gone to you during the halftime break and interfered with the midfielder's tactical arrangements, the game would not have been lost."

"So?" I immediately saw through the implications of this rumor.

Football has always been associated with women, and this association is often enriched by people's associations. For example, in previous World Cups, the wives of the England national team have become a beautiful sight. However, the England national team has always been a beautiful sight in major competitions.

The malaise in football is often interpreted by the media as being related to the emergence of wives groups. The media accuses girlfriends and wives who are close to players of interfering with the players' mental state for various reasons.

I don’t know whether this statement is reasonable or not, but I don’t know when the so-called “family members” who accompany players to watch games have often become scapegoats for players’ abnormal performance.

And the basis of this rumor is here - as the manager of the football department, it is not surprising for Xiaochun to watch the games or even listen to some tactical arrangements during the football department games. However, if her identity adds a little more to the team,

If the captain is also the girlfriend of the core, then things will change.

The manager can naturally watch the team during midfield, but if the manager calls the team captain away as his girlfriend and talks to him for a long time, then it is worth discussing.

In fact, these were all trivial matters. Not to mention that Xiaochun and I were discussing some of her own ideas about the team's tactics. During the halftime break of other games, I discussed with her some more irrelevant matters.

When it was important, no one came to stop us.

However, if you lose, especially if you lose in that way, the answer is completely different. The football department at that time fell apart because of such a game, so the public had no idea of ​​holding people accountable.

And when everyone accepts this established fact, if there are interested people who want to start re-examining the matter, then the situation will change.

But this time, this rumor brought Xiaochun to the forefront.

No one understands the reason for that defeat. At this time, if someone gives a seemingly reliable answer, then people will naturally follow the idea led by that answer like a swarm.

As the girlfriend of the football team captain, Sugiura Koharu interfered with Yuigahama Kazuya's tactical arrangements. This is the most intuitive reason.

And if you think about it carefully, Yuigahama Kazuya actually ignored tactics in order to accommodate his girlfriend in the most critical final. Such a non-serious attitude will eventually become the target of everyone's crusade.

Therefore, the final result of this rumor is that when everyone believes it, it will destroy the reputations of two people: Sugiura Koharu's and Yuigahama Kazuya's.

"Li Haiwei learned about this when she was chatting with her friends during the summer vacation. Our student union investigated this and found that the source of the rumor was the football club itself. It is precisely because this rumor was spread by the football club itself.

, so people firmly believe in it." Xiaochun shook his head helplessly and said.

"Is that the football club? The current football club was organized by Asada, right? In other words, those people who were eliminated by me at the beginning were disappointed in me because of my various behaviors after that final.

All the people have united under Asada’s leadership, is that right?”

"Yes." Xiaochun nodded sadly.

"So, why did they release such a statement to discredit the two of us?"

"I don't know, maybe it's because of the budget, right? In fact, we only found out about this matter during the summer vacation, so we can't negotiate with Minister Asada at all. Moreover, this matter involves me, and if the student union wants to intervene, it will be easily

People think I am using the power of the student union to bully other students."
To be continued...