Chapter 15: The road to Tokyo Handsome Guy, the system does not want to be absent.
Toru Watanabe leaned against the tram door and yawned.
After giving Tamamo Haomi the predicted test paper last night, he started studying advanced English himself, which was quite a burden for him with only three points of physical strength.
He doesn't feel tired.
After he said in the office yesterday that he wanted to become a "Tokyo handsome guy", and realized that before going to bed every day, he must be better than the last time he went to bed, he suddenly felt that the process of acquiring knowledge was a very wonderful thing.
Do what you should do, and it’s surprisingly good.
"Next stop, Yotsuya Station, Yotsuya Station."
He pulled himself together a little, blended into the crowd, exited the station, and walked up the ramp to Kamikawa High School.
After the Golden Week, the sunlight became slightly warmer, and the veins of the beech leaves on both sides of the slope were illuminated.
Sometimes a cool breeze would suddenly blow, and although it was early May, it felt more like a day in early summer.
After listening carefully to the morning class and finishing his lunch more quickly than usual, he said to Kunii Osamu and Saito Keisuke:
"I'm going to go to the club, you guys take your time eating."
"Oh, okay."
During the morning break, the two already knew that he had been commissioned by Koizumi Aona.
Toru Watanabe returned to the classroom to pick up the test paper, walked through the elevated corridor between the school building and the department building, and came to the Human Observation Department.
Kiyono Rin is eating alone.
Watanabe Toru said sorry for disturbing her, but she just nodded and continued to enjoy the obviously high-end dishes at the same pace.
After she finished her meal and packed up her lunch box, Watanabe Toru asked:
"I'm planning to improve my English reading skills recently. Do you have any recommended novels?"
"To become a Tokyo handsome guy?"
"To become a Tokyo handsome guy."
Kiyono Rin took out a white handkerchief from the hidden pocket of her pleated skirt and gently wiped her lips.
After wiping, she folded the handkerchief and put it back in her pocket. It was flat and smooth without any bulges.
Toru Watanabe's eyes followed the white handkerchief.
He found it very novel that some islanders had the habit of carrying handkerchiefs.
Qingye Rin picked up the hardcover book on the table, lowered her eyes, and read the words carefully.
The midday sun in early summer hit her head, and her long, lead-black hair fell on her shoulders, reflecting light slightly.
The conversation... is over?
What's next?
never mind.
Watanabe Toru withdrew his gaze and glanced at the clock on the wall. Twenty minutes had passed since lunch break. Why hadn't Tamamo Haomi come yet?
He hated people who were not punctual the most. Just when he was starting to feel impatient and a little angry, he suddenly remembered: he only said that he had to do four test papers today, but did not ask the other party to come at noon.
It was just that he unilaterally thought that the other party would make good use of the lunch time.
The impatience and anger that had just risen in Watanabe Toru's heart immediately disappeared, and he began to reflect on himself.
If Tamamo Yoshimi had just opened the door and come in, my tone wouldn't have been extremely harsh, but it would have been a little bit dissatisfied, right ?
The other party pushes open this door with the thought of "Look, how active I am, sacrificing my lunch break for tutoring" in order to get praise. Once you do this, it will dampen the other party's enthusiasm for learning.
Next time, you must explain everything clearly and not take anything for granted. Also, before getting angry, you must reflect on yourself first. Once you are sure that the responsibility is not on your side, it is not too late to get angry.
With the idea of punishing himself and making himself remember the lesson, Watanabe Tetsuku sat in the activity room, looking at the four test papers and doing them all in his mind.
The bell for the end of lunch break brought him back to his senses from the test paper.
Watanabe Toru organized the test papers with satisfaction.
'I've improved since the last bell rang. I'm only fifteen now, and there are still 3,650 days until I turn twenty-five. It's hard to imagine how amazing I will be then. I should be a perfect "Tokyo handsome guy", right?'
"Put away that disgusting smile of yours."
Watanabe Toru glanced at Kiyono Rin with dissatisfaction: "I'm not laughing."
"You smiled."
"I've had this expression since I was born. I'm not bragging, but I've never cried."
"Have you finally gone insane enough to talk nonsense? I have a mental hospital at home. The environment is good and there are small animals. Since you are a member of my society, I can let you stay there for free."
"Thank you for your kindness, but you should keep it for yourself."
Toru Watanabe stood up and prepared to leave.
"Give."
"This is?"
"Remember to return it to me after reading it."
Toru Watanabe watched Kiyono Rin leave the club room and looked down at the hardcover book in his hand.
He casually opened it from the middle and saw that it was all in English. He closed the book and saw the title on the cover was "The Great Gatsby".
"The Great Gatsby," he murmured .
Is this a follow-up to his question at the beginning, "What books are good for improving English reading skills?"
"What? You've developed feelings for me, haven't you? Unfortunately, I really hate you. But since you lent me your book, I'll let you go next time even if I have some convenient medicine."
Watanabe Toru weighed the book in his hand with satisfaction. The hardcover book was very heavy.
It was another damn physical education class in the afternoon, shared with Class 2, and the activity was to run around the playground for 15 minutes.
Three minutes later, the girl and the boy met.
"How weak," she said.
"You're not bad either," he praised.
"Let me make it clear in advance," she took a deep breath, "I don't want to, but if I want to, I can win first place in the marathon competition," she took another deep breath, "and there will be no problem."
"The fourth rule of "Tokyo Handsome Guy" is "Have the confidence to accomplish anything." He swallowed hard, "Do you think I can't win the first place in the school marathon?" He swallowed hard, "Is it impossible for me to do it?"
"lie."
"I, Watanabe, never lie."
"Oh."
After that, neither of them spoke, but just competed silently.
Sometimes they were in front, sometimes they were behind, and most of the time they were jogging weakly side by side.
Fifteen minutes later, Toru Watanabe was lying on the shiny green lawn, looking at the blue sky, and decided to start exercising from tomorrow.
"Watanabe, you are too weak!" Kunii Osamu's mocking voice came to my ears.
"Would you like to wash your face in the sink?" Keisuke Saito invited.
Watanabe Toru put his arms over his eyes and said, "Leave me alone."
After the two left, he lay down until he felt like moving, then he propped himself up and sat up.
"Hmm~~" He moaned and twisted his waist and neck.
When I turned around, I saw Kiyono Rin doing soothing stretching exercises alone in the distance.
After a while, a few girls walked over and said something to her. After she shook her head coldly, those girls walked away again.
After returning to the classroom, taking off his sportswear, putting on a shirt and trousers, and finishing the last class, Toru Watanabe urged Tamamo Yoshimi to complete four test papers in the activity room.
The other party was very cooperative and immersed in the scam of "guessing the test papers", so Watanabe Toru's absence from work was not in vain.
This is certainly not because Tamamo is beautiful, but for Mr. Koizumi who likes him the most.
After taking a shower in the evening, he began to read the hardcover book that Qingye Rin lent him on the low table in the rental house.
There was a short English sentence in the preface. He first looked it up in the dictionary and tried to translate it himself. Then he looked up the translation on his mobile phone and compared them with each other.
The approximate meaning of the short sentence:
【Then wear the golden hat, if it can impress her;】
[If you can jump high, please jump for her;]
[Until she cried out: "Dear love, love with a golden hat and jumping high, I must have you!"]
"Is this sentence saying that to impress a woman, no, to do anything, once you have perfected yourself, things will naturally become easy?"
Toru Watanabe nodded thoughtfully, feeling that he had gained new knowledge, whether it was about attracting women or accumulating English vocabulary.
"This is just the preface of a book. If I continue like this, even without a system, I, Watanabe, am destined to be great." He said proudly .
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