On the other side, Kato Yusuke was riding the train home after leaving school.
Because it was not yet time for white-collar workers to get off work, there were not many people in the carriage.
He chose a seat near the door and sat down.
The tram pushed its heavy body and began to move slowly.
Kato Yusuke put two headphones into his ears, opened the downloaded music software on his mobile phone, and randomly selected a song list to play.
Accompanied by the evenly swaying tram, soothing music sounds in your ears.
The familiar language and melody gave him a feeling of going back in time.
Staring at the receding street scene outside the window, the young man's eyes were slightly lost in thought.
Unconsciously, he gently hummed the melody along with the music.
It's as if a vibrant picture is slowly unfolding in front of your eyes, with a bit of hope, a bit of laziness, but also a little bit of sadness.
It gives people a warm and magical feeling, as if the entire studio is brightening with it.
A girl who accidentally heard this melody couldn't help but raised her head and looked at the boy who had an empty seat next to her.
A handsome yet resolute profile came into view, and the girl couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
Her gaze naturally downwards, landing on the stand-up collar uniform worn by the other party, and she nodded thoughtfully.
‘That uniform looks like a student from Toyosaki Private School, right?’ The girl thought, and then she moved a seat to the side.
With a cheerful smile on his face, he said directly to the other party: "Well, I'm sorry, can you interrupt me~?"
Sensing something in his peripheral vision, Kato Yusuke suddenly turned his head and cast his gaze on the girl.
The moment he saw his face, Kato Yusuke couldn't help but be startled, and then he immediately reacted.
"Excuse me, what can I do?" He asked in a polite and distant tone after taking off one of his earphones.
"Yeah~!"
The girl clasped her hands in front of her chest, and then continued with an undiminished smile: "Actually, I have been paying attention to it since just now. Can you tell me the name of the song you are listening to now?"
Both her tone of voice and her movements are very cute, and even her clothes are full of lively and girlish feeling.
Wearing a blue and white off-shoulder suspender skirt with a dark blue tie around the waist. On her head is a large Western-style dome hat with a cute bow decoration on it.
Her appearance is also very cute, with a pair of green eyes as big and round as cat's eye.
She has short brown hair that is parallel to her shoulders, and two strands of hair tied low in a bun that naturally fall on her snow-white shoulders, making her look both sexy and cute.
She looks like a girl who stepped out of a comic book.
Even so, these were not the reasons that made Kato Yusuke feel stunned, but the girl in front of him made him subconsciously think of Shiba-senpai.
Or to be more precise, it reminded him of a certain character in "Metronome of Love".
If Sayuka is regarded as Shiyu-senpai, then the person in front of her is undoubtedly the second heroine who appears in the third volume of the novel - Zhen Yui.
Because the appearance of the two is almost carved from the same mold.
"I wonder if this person has watched "Metronome of Love." - Even though he was a little surprised, he would not tell these words to a stranger, so he just answered the other person's question normally.
"I don't know if it's what you want, but I just listened to a song by Chinese singer Jay. The title is "Sunny Day". You can search for it."
"Eh~~! Is that so? In other words, are you listening to Chinese?" the girl said in surprise, and then changed the topic and said: "But can you understand the meaning of the lyrics in this way?"
Kato Yusuke nodded calmly, "At least for me, if you care about this, you can also listen to the Japanese version, which should be available on the Internet."
After finishing speaking, he put on the headphones again, showing that he no longer wanted to be disturbed.
Seeing this, the girl couldn't help being slightly stunned, then said thank you with a slightly apologetic smile, and then lowered her head and fiddled with her phone, seemingly searching for that song.
After a while, she probably found what she was looking for. A happy smile appeared on the girl's face, and she took out a pair of headphones from her bag and started listening.
The shoes under her feet were still tapping gently to the rhythm, and the pair of white lace socks on her ankles were also swaying accordingly.
Like lilacs in the breeze.
Through the opened corner of the bag, Kato Yusuke accidentally saw a Cintiq series digital tablet, but he didn't say anything.
Time flows quietly like this.
Along with the rhythmic white noise of the tram, the passengers in the carriage also became drowsy.
He was probably very tired, and JK, who was wearing a sailor uniform, put his head directly on the seat and fell asleep.
About 20 minutes into the tram ride, a middle-aged man carrying a briefcase suddenly walked in from another car.
Looking around, the man's eyes rested on several people in the car.
They are: a female office worker who is answering the phone, the girl next to Kato Yusuke, and the sailor suit JK directly opposite the two.
Picking up the black briefcase in his hand, he walked towards this side slowly and slowly, and finally stopped right in front of the two of them, where the JK was sleeping.
There were obviously many empty seats around, but the man did not choose to sit down. Instead, he just stood in front of the girl in the sailor uniform, holding the ring above his head.
His body swayed with the motion of the tram.
In this process, intentionally or unintentionally, the man gets a little closer to the JK girl.
The briefcase in his hand was quietly placed under the opponent's knees and inserted between his legs.
The girl wearing a round hat suddenly frowned and began to observe carefully.
"Don't you think there's something wrong with that uncle?" - First, he subconsciously wanted to ask the person next to him to confirm his suspicion, but then he realized that the other person had just expressed that he didn't want to be disturbed.
Thinking this way, she still couldn't help but turn her gaze over there.
But I saw that the young man was also looking at the man opposite him, with vague sarcasm and contempt in his eyes. He seemed to know what the man was doing, but he did not speak. He just lowered his head and kept flipping through his shoulder bag.
try to find.
Not only that, as the announcement that the tram was about to arrive rang in the carriage, the boy simply stood up with his schoolbag in hand, as if he was about to get off.
'Sure enough, I didn't overthink it!'
The girl secretly thought in her heart.
Although she didn't quite understand why the other party remained silent, she was not qualified to ask others to do anything.
"You obviously have a nice face, but you turn out to be like this..." She pinched the hem of her skirt with her slender fingers, and she murmured in a voice that only she could hear.
Even so, it was not the reason why she would choose to give up.
'At least wake that girl up first!'
Thinking of this, she took a deep breath and suppressed the nervousness in her heart.
It lasted for about three seconds. The girl stood up from her seat with both feet, and then said loudly to the other side with a sullen face: "That uncle over there! Please immediately——"
Fierce screams resounded in the carriage and instantly drowned out her words.
"Duh——!"
"Duh——!"
"Duh——!"
Three fleeting black shadows flew past the girl's eyes, followed by a dull sound of hitting flesh.
"It hurts, it hurts like hell——!!!"
The man let out a painful cry and fell to the ground.
The briefcase fell from his hand, but he didn't bother to pick it up. He just screamed and grabbed his wrist, and his body kept twitching like an insect.
The sudden wailing not only woke up the JK, but also attracted the attention of everyone in the carriage in an instant.
"What's wrong??"
"What happened?"
"It seems someone is injured. Do you need to call an ambulance?"
People were talking one after another, and the carriage that was very quiet just now suddenly became noisy.
The girl in the suspender dress was also stunned on the spot, looking at all this with some confusion.
At this moment--
"Pah...gulu gulu gulu."
Along with the subtle sound of the ball rolling, a young man suddenly bent down and picked up several marble-like objects from the ground.
Looking towards the other party subconsciously, the girl's pupils suddenly became focused.
"you……"
She was about to say something just now, but saw that the other party didn't seem to want to pay attention to her at all.
He walked calmly towards the car door that had just opened.
As they passed each other, the girl seemed to vaguely hear what the other party said, but the staff who walked in from the door made her ignore it for the time being.
Facing the gazes of the staff, she pointed solemnly at the man on the ground, JK in sailor uniform, and said: "Well, this uncle just wanted to do something bad to this girl. If possible, please contact the police here.
—!"
As soon as these words came out, the car suddenly became quiet.