Chapter 157 School Trip (6)
I spent Sunday at the Sophia University Library and welcomed the slightly chilly Monday morning.
Whether at school or at work, Mondays seem to be unwelcome everywhere, but today is an exception.
On the way to school at Kamikawa High School, students in winter uniforms were all smiling. The boys were pushing each other, and the girls were gathered together, making clear and pleasant laughter from time to time.
Even the morning sparrows were singing.
But Tagore once said: "God's right hand is loving, but his left hand is terrible", so whether it is a person or a thing, there are negative and positive sides.
Toru Watanabe is an absolute pessimist in this school trip carnival.
As for why I am negative...it's because things are too troublesome, and it feels like there are too many to count.
First, the first thing: find the girls in the class to canvass for votes.
He clearly didn't want to go to Kyoto, but he still asked a stranger to change his mind and vote for Kyoto - everyone, just from this one thing, you can see how negative Watanabe Toru is, right?
Toru Watanabe arrived in the class before the morning meeting began.
Most people came early today, and almost all the girls in the class were there, chatting in groups of three or five.
Toru Watanabe sat in his seat, hesitating on how to start.
How will Tamamo Yoshimi convince the boys in her class?
With her confidence in her appearance, she would probably walk up to him and say with a cute face: "Hey, XX, I want to go to Kyoto for the school trip. Can you also go to Kyoto?"
A 16-year-old high school boy is likely to agree to a request from a pretty girl in his class, right? After all, the school trip can go anywhere.
But Toru Watanabe couldn't do it so easily.
Ikeda Kazumi and the others have already said that they want to go to Nara to eat venison sashimi, so how can he have the nerve to ask?
Just as he was hesitating, Ikeda Kazumi came over with three girls who often played with her.
"Good morning, Watanabe-kun!"
"Good morning." Toru Watanabe looked at them.
There was heating in the classroom, so they took off their scarves and suit jackets, revealing beige sleeveless sweaters worn over white shirts.
It is said that this is the favorite outfit of high school girls. Even in summer, some people deliberately wear it like this just to be cute - the news comes from Kunii Osamu and Saito Keisuke.
"Watanabe-kun," the girl on the far right named Nishimori said in a playful voice, "Can I ask you a question?"
"Of course, if you please."
In order to be able to say the words to canvass for votes next, Toru Watanabe decided that as long as it did not involve the mystery of the 30% and did not ask him how many he liked, he could answer anything else.
Another girl asked the question in a lively tone: "Watanabe-kun, where are you going on the school trip?"
"Kyoto. I've loved shrines and temples since I was a kid, and I'm very interested in history and culture. I heard that Kyoto's autumn maple leaves are beautiful, the water of the Kamogawa River is very clear, and the kaiseki cuisine is very delicious. I've wanted to go and see it for a long time."
This is all the Kyoto that Toru Watanabe knows.
'Please, read my meaning!'
"Kyoto!" Ikeda Kazumi nodded, and said 'thank you~' in a youthful manner, and prepared to leave with the girls smiling.
"that……"
"What's wrong? Watanabe-kun, is there anything else?" The girls turned around.
Watanabe Toru hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind: "Ikeda-san, are you still planning to go to Nara?"
The girls looked at each other and suddenly smiled mysteriously.
Ikeda Kazumi put her hands behind her back and answered with a cute and proud gesture: "No, we are going to Kyoto~"
"...Huh? Why?" Because it was so sudden, Watanabe Toru didn't even feel surprised.
The girls looked at each other again, and a restrained smile appeared on their lips, which they tried their best to suppress.
"For you, Watanabe-kun." As soon as they finished speaking, they giggled happily and left.
Toru Watanabe sat in his seat, stroking Eriri's folder on the English book, with a confused look on his face.
Just because he's handsome, does that mean he can do whatever he wants?
At the classroom door, Kunii Osamu and Saito Keisuke were walking in arm in arm.
The two men leaned their heads together, whispering something, and there was an atmosphere of secret conspiracy around them.
Seeing Watanabe Toru, he hurried over.
"Watanabe," Kunii Osamu said in a low and hurried voice, "I've already asked. Class 3 is going to Kyoto. Go and get the girls to vote for Kyoto later!"
"Yes, time is running out! Get as many votes as you can!" Saito Keisuke also urged.
"Has it started? It's over already."
"Ah?" The two blinked, "What do you mean?"
"There's no problem with the girls." Toru Watanabe supported his head with his left hand and twirled a pen with his right hand.
"Great! Wait," Kunii Osamu reacted, "How did you know that Team 3 would go to Kyoto?"
"In the wind orchestra's Line group, people talk about the school trip every day. I saw what I saw from Ikki Aoi." Watanabe Toru is no longer in that group.
"As expected of you! Watanabe is to me like water is to a fish!" Recently history has been talking about the Three Kingdoms, and Kunijiro Osamu is beyond help.
At 8:40, at the morning meeting, Koizumi Aona asked the two class leaders to preside over the voting.
She sat in the seat of the female squad leader Ikeda Kazumi and looked back at Watanabe Toru writing the word "Kyoto" on the piece of paper.
"Hokkaido, 1 vote!" The male monitor held up his glasses and counted the votes.
The locations provided by the school had already been written on the blackboard, and Ikeda Kazumi drew a line under Hokkaido.
"Kyoto, 1 vote!"
"Kyoto, 1 vote!"
" Jiuzhou, 1 vote!"
…
"Teacher Koizumi." Toru Watanabe pulled the sleeve of Koizumi Aona's arm.
"Hmm?" Koizumi Aona turned around and looked at him from the blackboard.
A beautiful oval face was pointed directly at Toru Watanabe.
"We have just decided where to go today. Will the school be able to arrange accommodation for us in time?" he asked in a low voice.
"Why would the school provide you with a location to choose from?" Koizumi Aona asked back.
“Isn’t it because these are popular tourist spots?”
"That's partly why." Koizumi Aona explained with a chuckle, "The main reason is that over the years, Kamikawa has become familiar with some of the hotels in these places. As long as a class is sure to choose to go to a certain place, they will immediately arrange accommodation for them."
"How much benefit did the principal get? How much did you take, teacher?" Toru Watanabe lowered his head and said in a low voice.
Koizumi Aona picked up the mechanical pencil on Watanabe Toru's desk and tapped him on the head.
"Teacher?" Toru Watanabe covered his head.
"Don't be so dark-minded." Koizumi Aona rolled her eyes at him in reproach. "Hotels near popular tourist spots are often booked a year in advance. For example, in Kyoto, many people have booked the week when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom next year. The school made this arrangement for everyone."
"That won't stop the principal from getting benefits from you, right?"
Koizumi Aona raised the pen again, and Watanabe Toru quickly leaned back.
Unable to reach the pen, Koizumi Aona picked up Eriri's English book with her other hand and knocked it against Watanabe Toru's head.
"I'm definitely going to get stupider!"
"Watanabe, you're just too smart and prone to overthinking. It's just right for you to become a little dumber."
The voting results will be out soon.
The destination of the Grade 1-4 class’s school trip is Kyoto.
After the morning meeting, he immediately went to the first class. After class, Toru Watanabe did not get involved in Kunii Osamu's confession meeting, but went to Class 2.
Miki Kujo was sleeping on the table.
Toru Watanabe put his fingers into her beautiful hair and scratched her head.
Miki Kujo slowly raised her face, her eyes were so murderous that they were almost like a female ghost - and of course a beautiful one.
But when she saw it was Watanabe Toru, the ghost girl's expression immediately turned into disgust, impatience, and helplessness.
She opened Watanabe Toru's hand and lay down again without saying a word.
"Wake up." Toru Watanabe put his hand into her hair again.
Kujo Miki buried her face in her arms and said in a voice a little deeper than usual: "Do you want to die?"
"Where is Class 2 going on their school trip?"
"I don't know. Take your hands off me!"
While massaging her beautifully shaped head, Toru Watanabe asked the boys from Class 2 in the distance, "Excuse me, where is your class going on the school trip?"
The boy kept glancing at Watanabe Toru's hand and replied, "To Hokkaido."
Watanabe Toru thanked him and felt very sorry.
If Team 2 also went to Kyoto, he could always stay with Kujo Miki, and it wouldn't matter to him who confessed to whom.
If possible, he also wanted to spend more time with Kujo Miki during the day.
Because Kujo Miki was very busy, the two of them spent most of their time together in bed.
Unable to sleep because of Watanabe Toru, Kujo Miki had to sit up and waved his hand away impatiently: "What are you doing here?"
"Our class is going to Kyoto, and I was thinking that if your class also goes to Kyoto, then the two of us can go together."
Miki Kujo tidied up her hair that was messed up by Toru Watanabe and said to a girl next to her, "Where is our class going?"
"North, Hokkaido."
"Changed, go to Kyoto."
“I…”
"Go find your homeroom teacher and tell him what I said. Other students have no objection."
"yes!"
Toru Watanabe watched the girls hurriedly run out of the classroom and fell into deep thought again.
If you have power, you can do whatever you want at any time.
Wait, he is now Kujo Miki’s boyfriend, is this also possible?
However, the head teacher of Class 4 is Aonai Koizumi, so you can just tell her about small matters, and it would be embarrassing to make things difficult for her if it’s big matters.
It doesn’t seem like a big deal?
"Is this really okay?" Toru Watanabe looked at the other students in Class 2.
They seemed to be doing their own things, but their eyes were all secretly looking over here. They must have heard what Kujo Miki said when she changed Hokkaido to Kyoto without permission.
"I'll pay for all the expenses of the trip to Kyoto. Do you think they will have any objections? They will be dissatisfied, but it's just that the benefits are not enough."
“…I want to come to Class 2, too.”
"I'll ask the school to transfer you here?" Kujo Miki said with a smile.
"Forget it. I don't know anyone in Class 2. I can only play with you after class, and you won't be able to sleep."
It was impossible for Kujo Miki to believe such a poor excuse, but she just sneered and didn't dwell on it.
As long as he doesn't go to Class 1, she doesn't care which class Watanabe Toru is in.
If she were in Class 2, it would really bother her... Is this guy getting more and more arrogant recently? He simply doesn't take her seriously.
"Is there anything else? If not, get out of here." Miki Kujo crossed her arms and ordered Toru Watanabe with a cold face.
"Let's go, let's go."
"By the way," Kujo Miki tapped her arm with her fingers, "I don't have that much time to play with you. I'll only be there for one day on the school trip."
"one day?"
"Yeah, the next day."
“But the next day was a group operation.”
The school trip lasts for four days and three nights. The whole class will act together on the first day, each group will act on the second day, and individuals will act freely on the third day. We will return to Tokyo early on the fourth day.
"Retreat." Kujo Miki waved her hand and ordered.
"As you wish." Watanabe Toru agreed, "Miji, is there anywhere you want to go? We can go together then. I want to go to the Kamo River. I heard there are real ducks there."
Before Kujo Miki could open her mouth, the girl who had just run out came back. She had a faint blush on her cheeks, probably because she had run all the way here.
"Teacher, I agree." She said breathlessly.
"Yeah." Kujo Miki nodded lightly.
Watanabe Toru smiled and said to the girl, "Thank you."
The girl was stunned, looking at Watanabe Toru stupidly, the blush on her face getting deeper.
A chill suddenly emanated from Miki Kujo's body, and she cast a cold gaze towards Toru Watanabe.
She said word by word: "I told you, I don't allow you to laugh."
Watanabe Toru quickly pursed his lips, closed his eyes, lowered his head slightly, and made an expression that said "I'm very sorry, I won't do it again next time."
Seeing his perfunctory apology, Kujo Miki pointed at the door and said coldly: "Go back."
"Yes, sir!" Watanabe Toru quickly slipped away.
Before school was over, the news that all four first-grade classes were going to Kyoto had spread.
Class 2 in particular boasted to others wherever they went, saying that Kujo Miki took out a large sum of money as travel funds for Class 2, allowing them to stay in the best hotels and eat the most expensive food.
Not only that, they also said that they wanted to use the money given by their families, which should have been handed over to the school as accommodation fees, as pocket money.
This attracted the envy of most students.
"Watanabe, talk to Kujo and ask her to include our Class 4 as well. You see, you and she are boyfriend and girlfriend, so our Class 4 and Class 2 are like one family!" Saito Keisuke suggested in a mean way.
"You can go to Class 2 and I will talk to Mr. Koizumi for you." Toru Watanabe replied.
"Am I the kind of person who gives up friends for money?" Saito Keisuke patted his chest. "But, it's just a three-day exchange student, I think there's no problem."
"That's enough from you two, the most important thing now is my business!" If it were any other time, Kunii Osamu would have joined in the joke, but now he only thought of Ikki Aoi.
"That's right, Kunii's happiness is more important." Saito Keisuke nodded.
"Have you thought of any solution?" Kunijii Osamu asked anxiously.
Saito Keisuke shook his head: "I don't know Ichiki-san, and I have no idea what to do."
Speaking of the person who knows Ikki Aoi best, they both looked at Watanabe Toru at the same time.
"Watanabe, you've been in the wind band for a semester and you're the one who knows Ikki-san best among us. What do you think?"
"I know you best... Compared to you two, it seems so." Watanabe Toru played with the eraser, spinning it between his thumb and index finger. "As the ancients said: Shoot the horse first when shooting a man, and capture the leader first when capturing a thief. Grasping the core is the key to doing things, and pursuing girls is of course no exception."
"Yeah!" The two nodded and looked at him expectantly.
"The most important thing about this matter is the success rate of your confession, Kunijing. It's not even 100%, let alone 100%. I suggest you just give up..."
"Saito, please help me think about it again!"
"Hey, at least let me finish."
After school, Ikki Aoi came to the Human Observation Department and asked for leave from the new director, Hayami Kaoru, with the reason of seeking guidance from Kiyono-san.
Asu Mai, who was specially invited back to the wind band to coach the bass section, also happily let them go.
The three of them had a final discussion, and Toru Watanabe once again brought out the idea of "shoot the horse first when shooting a man, and capture the leader first when capturing a thief", and advised them to give up early.
This will make people hate you, but what can you do?
Watanabe Toru sometimes wondered if he was too kind. It was just a failed confession, so there was no need to worry about it.
But forget it, he doesn't care whether he is hated or not.
How to make the confession that Mai Asu is looking forward to - this is the key.
After Ikki Aoi left, Watanabe Toru and Kiyono Rin also packed up and prepared to go back.
"I heard that you did a good thing today?" Qingye Rin said while changing shoes at the shoe cabinet.
"Good things?" Watanabe Toru thought for a moment, "Can you explain it in more detail? The good things I did today were much more unexpected."
Qing Ye Lin paused, closed the shoe cabinet , looked at Watanabe Toru bending down to change his shoes, and said sarcastically: "Thanks to you, Watanabe Toru, my classmates are looking at me strangely."
"Look at you? Isn't that normal? I would always look at a cute pretty girl like you."
"...You're right, but that's not what I'm talking about." Qing Ye Lin clenched her fist, put it to her mouth, and coughed lightly, "The eldest lady of Class 2 paid, so the people in Class 1 naturally expect the eldest lady of their class to pay as well."
"This matter."
Watanabe Toru changed his shoes, closed the shoe cabinet, and the two of them walked towards the school gate in the night.
After November, at six o'clock, it was already dark.
"Don't you have anything to explain?"
"I think neither Ichimoku Aoi nor Kunii will succeed."
"Does this have anything to do with what I said?" Qingye Rin said dissatisfiedly.
"Since I couldn't succeed, I didn't want to waste my time and just played with my girlfriend."
"Is this the reason why you called Kujo Miki to Kyoto?"
"Statement: I can't get her to go. She herself doesn't want to go to Hokkaido."
"lie."
"Well, whether she actually wants to go to Hokkaido or not, I don't know."
"'I couldn't get her to move' is also a lie."
"Now you can tell which parts of a sentence are lies?" Toru Watanabe looked at her profile in surprise.
"No, but I know it's a lie without even thinking about it."
"Well, I can persuade you a little bit." Watanabe Toru made a small move with his thumb and index finger, "It's about the same as the degree to which I can persuade you."
"Do you think you can convince me?" Qingye Rin stopped.
Looking at the beautiful girl in front of him with a cold face, Watanabe Toru didn't know how to answer this question.
At the school gate, a huge oak tree that is thirty meters tall has entered winter and its leaves have fallen to the ground.
It is hard to imagine its green leaves covering the sky and its vigorous vitality in summer.
Some things cannot be avoided, just like this oak tree. Since it is a broad-leaved tree, it will definitely shed its leaves in autumn.
After listening to Watanabe Toru's words about the oak tree, Qingye Rin said unhappily: "What do you want to say? Answer my question."
"You are a girl, right?"
"Eyes can be donated to those in need if they are not needed."
Watanabe Toru glanced at Kiyono Rin's chest, and before her face turned pale, he said, "Since she's a girl, she must like me. Since she likes me, isn't it normal for me to persuade her?"
Qingye Rin showed a kind smile and said gently: "Asuka Mai likes you?"
"have no idea."
"A lie. You confessed to her?"
"have no idea."
"A lie. She confessed to you?"
Toru Watanabe waved at the train coming out of Yotsuya Station in the distance: "How are you? I'm fine!"
"You guys are together?"
"You know what?" Watanabe Toru turned around and smiled brightly, "I like trains the most."
Qing Ye Lin smiled indifferently, but the scary thing was that there was no smile at all: "During the school trip, I will find Asuka Mai and ask her some questions."
"Mr. Kiyono, on this beautiful day, I want to read you a poem. "To the Oak Tree", author: Shu Ting. "If I love you, I will never be like the trumpet creeper that climbs on your high branches to show off itself; if I love you...""
Watanabe Toru didn't hear clearly what Kiyono Rin said during the recitation of "To the Oak Tree" in the broadcast voice .
I only remember the tram rumbling past, the light greedily brushing across her pretty face, her expression helpless yet funny.
