The so-called divergence point of fate often cannot be a divergence point. There are some alternatives, one of which is destined to be black. The option that cannot be considered represents a mood that cannot be considered.

If possible, I don't want to live up to Isshiki's persistence, but I don't want to miss this opportunity given to me by Ogi-senpai.

That's right, even if we meet, the final answer will be to continue to refuse. This has been decided from the beginning. If I don't meet, it also expresses my determination from the side. Therefore, according to the rational behavioral logic, I will not go to the meeting.

Meeting seniors is the best option.

On the other hand, the road to reaching a tacit understanding with the seniors has been blocked by Isshiki in advance.

So, what do I expect, having rejected rational judgment? What kind of reply will Senior Kogi give me?

Until I came to the river bank near the school, I still couldn't get the answer to the question.

Winter is not a suitable season for walking along the river bank, so among the sparse crowds, I easily saw Senior Xiaomu sitting on the rocks on the bank with his knees in his arms and looking into the distance.

She was wearing her favorite pink knitted sweater, and around her neck was the pink scarf that had been given to me but had changed hands many times. With some dry river water and lifeless branches, she was the centerpiece of this landscape painting.

The only vitality. Although I don’t know if it is because of my misunderstanding, the vitality of the senior has dropped a lot compared to the past.

It wasn't until I walked over to her and sat down that Senior Xiaomu turned around as if waking up from a dream.

I came here after participating in club activities, and Ogi-senpai, who has no club activities anymore, must have been waiting here since school. Sitting by the river for a long time in this cold weather is not a good thing.

A pleasant thing.

"Sorry, I just saw the note left by senior."

"Well, it's okay, I didn't wait long here." He patted his somewhat pale face, then blew a breath of hot air into his hands, and said with a smile.

At this time, the gentleman's behavior seems to be to take off something to cover the girl. I hesitated for a moment, and when I was about to take off my own scarf, the senior stopped me: "There is no need to do this, I am not

Such a delicate girl!"

"But"

"Making such an ambiguous move towards a woman you have rejected will cause the other party to feel misunderstood, Kazuya." The simple but distant words reached my ears, making my hands freeze.

.

Before I could adapt to the new way of getting along, the other person was already telling me to distance myself.

"What's the matter? Even if you refuse, you can still be good friends, or brother and sister who can talk heart-to-heart. Does Kazuya really believe that this situation exists?"

Senior Xiaomu didn't look at me, so I didn't know the real intention of her words. It was a feeling of deliberately keeping distance, but also not wanting to separate completely.

"It would be great if it existed. Even if it existed, I don't think I would be satisfied. I am still very greedy. I just want to stay next to that person. I don't want to think about other things. This kind of thing

I don't like some humble feelings. Otherwise, I wouldn't have taken the initiative to confess to you from the beginning."

"Well, so, Kazuya, I've said so much, why don't you say anything?"

I really don’t know what to say, do I? Having said that, I was called here by Senior Xiaomu, and even I don’t know why I chose to come here, if I was asked to take the initiative to speak.

However, feeling the cold eyes of my senior cast on me for the first time, I still spoke with great difficulty.

"If, I mean if I don't come over, how long do you think you will wait, senior?"

"Sa, who knows, maybe you will leave when you feel like you can't wait any longer?"

"Well, this answer is no different from no answer."

"What's wrong, does Kazuya think that I am the kind of person who will wait here until midnight, and if Kazuya shows up, then I won't leave. I think you are overestimating me, right?"

"Well"

"Actually, after that, I went back and thought about it for a long time, and I found that I am not as persistent as I imagined. The so-called love may be a kind of persistence, but once I really give up, it seems that I can't persist.

So difficult.”

I don’t know whether what Senior said is the truth or a lie. I only know that when faced with Senior’s words, the sadness in my heart keeps rising.

So, are we dumping each other?

Maybe this is the real mutual relief for both parties.

"But if it's today, then only today, I will wait."

"What's the meaning?"

"Because I can't accept it! If I just express my love for Kazuya normally, and then Kazuya rejects it, then the adjustment is my problem, but I think I can also feel Kazuya's feelings for me.

It’s definitely not just the kind of respect from seniors you mentioned.”

Have you been seen through? No, in fact it is too easy to be seen through, right?

"So, I think the reason why I can't accept Kazuya's rejection is that Kazuya didn't give me a sufficiently reasonable reason. If he gives me a sufficiently reasonable reason, then I can accept it."

"Senior's reason, what do you mean?"

"For example, you accepted other people's favor and so on." Senior Xiaomu looked directly into my eyes and said, "This is understandable. There are many outstanding girls around Kazuya, and I know that. In the final analysis,

What I can feel is Kazuya's feelings for me. I don't know Kazuya's attitude towards other girls. If Kazuya chooses someone else in the end, then I can accept it. For example, if Kazuya tells me that you have been with Sugiura

Now that my classmates are back together, I can understand."

"Xiaochun is impossible, I have already refused."

"So, since you have already rejected me, is the reason for rejecting me the same?"

Of course it's not the same one! However, I can't answer that way anyway.

I felt the expectant gaze of my senior, she was expecting an answer from me.

If the answer at this time is yes, then maybe this is my last and most decisive refusal. If the answer at this time is no, it means that I will still be trapped in endless entanglements with my predecessors.

What are my options?

"Kazuya, you know, right? The most important thing now is that Ogi-senpai must completely believe your lies." It seems that it was in revenge for me not going to karaoke with her today. Isshiki's words were like a curse.

, jumped out at the most critical time.

I think I understand why I came here.

Instead of refusing by escaping, use your own decisive approach to cut off the last possibility of the problem resurrecting.

Although one lie needs to be covered up by the next lie, which is an extremely vicious cycle in itself, this lie should be the last lie, right?

"Senior, you are indeed very sharp!"

"If that's the case," Senior Xiaomu looked at me with complicated eyes, "Can I know that girl's name?"

"The girl's name?"

"Kazuya shouldn't have any reason not to tell me, right? Besides, you know that if you don't tell me, I won't believe it so easily!"

The scope of lies is getting wider and wider.

"On this point, can I discuss it with her before telling you?"

I could only barely respond.

"Do I need time to prepare?" The tone of the wry smile made my response become a little hesitant.

"Well, that's it."

"Then, I'll give you this period of time and hope you can give me a satisfactory answer."

It certainly won’t be a satisfactory answer, right?

Looking at the departing figure of my senior, I kept my last question in my heart.

Lies can never be a satisfactory answer.

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When I took out my phone, several emails from Isshiki immediately caught my eye.

Compared with the emails my sister sent me when she couldn't find me, Isiroha seemed more restrained. However, even so, the number of emails she sent me in such a period of time exceeded the previous contact between us.

The total number of messages.

"Hey, where have you been? Are you running away so quickly to prove that my previous care of you was ineffective?"

"Okay, I give up. I can't find you. Would it be better to show up?"

"Hey, Kazuya, are you sure you're going to let me go like this?"

"Even if it's just a dove, you have to tell me your reasons. If you come back in time, we can go together. It's boring for you to leave me alone in school now!"

"In order to detect your whereabouts, I need to peek into your shoe cabinet. If you don't come back, the consequences will be serious!"

"I understand. In fact, if you explain this matter to me, I can understand it, right? Why don't you trust me? I also expected this situation. By the way, you guys don't handle the evidence.

Drop it, you are really heartless!"

"If it ends, I hope to get a result. I know you are not the kind of person who will do something stupid that will make your previous efforts in vain."

"In addition, I just hope you believe that even if this is the case, I will still have your backing, that's all."

Hey, hey, hey, Ishiroha-san, you have done too much. Compared with what you have done, the help I have given you before is already too insignificant. If you do this, I will not believe you.

This is a simple report to me. I may be a little moved or misunderstood!

The tenderness caused by the misunderstanding at this time is a kind of poison that people want to immerse themselves in!

"I'm going to take the car home now. I don't mean anything else. I just hope that if I can see this email..."

If I could see this email, the second half of the sentence would be completely silent.

I dialed her phone number.

"Isshiki-san, although it's a little late, our karaoke agreement still counts, right?"

Although there are too many dangers hidden in this kind of tenderness, at this time, I have no resistance to tenderness.

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Chapter completed!