Chapter 173 Towards Winter Camping Daily (2)
After drinking coffee, the two went to the Nezu Museum for a walk.
What impressed Toru Watanabe the most was an exquisite screen with a painting of a man and a woman on a floating boat, both of them in disheveled clothes.
This reminded him of Kujo Miki.
He was also in the boat the night of the dance, and he made her look dishevelled.
That burgundy gown, with a cinched waist, was really beautiful.
Apart from this illustration of "Dynasty Story", the exhibition is indeed exquisite, but Toru Watanabe did not feel any artistic atmosphere from it.
After all, his art grade is C, so we can't expect him to have any future in this area.
On Sunday, I went to Jimbocho to browse the second-hand bookstores and stayed overnight at Kujo Miki's house.
On Monday, November 16th, Toru Watanabe and Miki Kujo went to school together.
"This is our first time, right? It's rare." said Toru Watanabe.
Inside the car, Miki Kujo, who was sitting opposite him, was leaning on the armrest with her eyes closed to rest.
"When you're together for a long time, even the most rare things will happen to you," she said nonchalantly.
"Yeah." Watanabe Toru nodded, indicating that what he said made sense.
"However," Kujo Miki opened her eyes and looked at him coldly, "There are some things I hope I won't encounter."
"What's the matter?" Toru Watanabe asked curiously.
"Things that make me unhappy."
"I find it difficult," Watanabe Toru said truthfully.
Miki Kujo took off her shoes and placed the soles of her feet on the side of Watanabe Toru's cheek, slightly flattening the flesh on his face.
"Can you say that again?" she said.
"I found that you really like to step on people with your feet." Because of the beautiful girl's feet on his face, Watanabe Toru's voice was slightly distorted.
In autumn and approaching winter, black stockings are replaced by black tights.
I can no longer visually understand what Miki Kujo is wearing underneath like I did in the summer.
"Yes, I like to step on people with my feet," Kujo Miki said with a smug smile, "but I only step on you."
"Don't, don't think that I'll be happy if you say that!"
"The acting is so fake!"
"I did it on purpose."
"Hmm?" Miki Kujo moved her feet slightly down and lifted Toru Watanabe's chin.
"Isn't this to make you happy?"
Toru Watanabe took her feet off, helped her straighten her pleated skirt, and finally patted her legs as if to comfort her.
In fact, there is no need to look, he was right beside her when Kujo Miki was putting on her underwear.
Sometimes, he also decides what color and style to wear.
The car arrived at Shenchuan and the two got off.
"Help me carry my schoolbag." Kujo Miki said with a yawn.
"No." Watanabe Toru refused, "I want to hold your hand with my other hand."
Without waiting for Kujo Miki to speak, he had already held her delicate and tender hand.
Miki Kujo rolled her eyes at him, said nothing, and let him lead her.
As the two walked on campus, the classmates around them cast all kinds of looks at them, some envy, some admiration, and some malice.
Although you cannot hear the rumor about Toru Watanabe trying to please a rich girl himself, it must exist somewhere in the world and will never disappear.
But the current Watanabe Toru is no longer the boy from Iwate Prefecture.
Whether learning actively or passively, he has been able to ignore the opinions of the world.
"You are on the road to becoming great and there is no turning back. You are amazing, Watanabe-kun." I encourage myself with the method of mental victory every day.
People can only be more confident when facing difficulties by constantly giving themselves hints.
At the morning meeting, Koizumi Aona talked about winter camping.
"It will probably be on Wednesday, December 2nd, and will last for three days."
"It probably includes cross-country races, picnics, courage tests, mountain climbing, skiing... and finally a bonfire party."
Toru Watanabe once again felt sorry for his friends back home.
If you think about it carefully, China is still in the catching-up stage and it is not time for it to enjoy itself yet.
In recent generations, it is necessary to sacrifice oneself so that the future generations can have an easy life of study.
Toru Watanabe is also sacrificing himself, spending his entire life experiencing a relaxed education, just to summarize the pros and cons.
His friends in China start morning reading at 6 o'clock and have attended several classes by 8 o'clock, but he only has the first class meeting at 8:20. Every time he thinks of this fact, he becomes anxious.
I wish I could laugh out loud.
"Teacher!" a girl said, "At the bonfire party, two people who dance in the finale will become connected and never separate for the rest of their lives. Is this true?"
"What do you think?" Koizumi Aona did not express her own thoughts, but asked everyone with a smile.
"This is too unrealistic!" Kunii Osamu said loudly.
"Guijing, you're such a killjoy!" a girl complained.
"That's right!" Saito Keisuke joined the battle, "Ninety percent of couples in school will break up! They will never be apart in their lives, unless they die together that day!"
"Die together? Ah, unbelievable, boys are so bad!"
"It is precisely because we will break up that we want to be together and never separate for the rest of our lives!"
"I really can't stand you girls, can you be more realistic?" Kunijii Osamu's voice alone is enough to suppress everyone else.
"That's right." Saito Keisuke nodded vigorously. "Squad leader, what do you think?"
The male monitor adjusted his glasses and said in a dark tone, "I don't dance."
"Really? Boys with thick nerves are the most annoying!"
"What?! These boys are so annoying."
Ikeda Kazumi stood up, turned around, and pointed her flat belly at Watanabe Toru in the back seat.
"Watanabe-kun, do you think so too? The Bonfire Night legend is fake?"
"Well, I..."
"That's right, Watanabe-kun, please speak for the boys." A girl in the front row who was known for her toughness also urged him.
"Watanabe, tell them." Kunii Osamu said with contempt.
"Let them give up completely and realize how boring they are!" Saito Keisuke encouraged.
"Teacher." Watanabe Toru raised his hand.
Koizumi Aona, who had been watching the show, smiled and said "Hmm?"
"As far as I know, for winter camping, each class has to elect committee members, right? For example, committee members for the test of courage, committee members for logistics, etc."
"Why? Watanabe, do you want to be a committee member?"
"No, that's not the case! I'm just saying that we should hurry up and not waste time on bonfire nights."
"'Bonfire party stuff'?" Ikeda Kazumi repeated incredulously, "Watanabe-kun, you also think the legend is fake?"
"Hmm?" Watanabe Toru blinked twice.
"Hahaha!" Kunijui Osamu laughed, "Now you understand, the bonfire party and the like are all fake!"
"Watanabe-kun, I'll tell Kujo-san about this!"
"No, wait... I didn't say 'the legend is fake', did I?!"
Koizumi Aonai clapped his hands and signaled everyone to be quiet: "Watanabe, since you want to be a committee member, then the committee of the Test of Courage Conference will be handed over to you."
"Ah?!" Watanabe Toru stood up, "No! Teacher, I'm most afraid of ghosts! When I was a kid, after watching a ghost movie, I had to sleep with my parents for at least two days!"
"The way to overcome fear is to understand it thoroughly. If you are afraid of ghosts, then you can play the role of a ghost. This way you will know that those ghosts are actually fake, just like TV shows or movies about ghosts. The shooting scenes are actually very funny."
"Teacher, I'm not afraid of ghosts. I just want to be lazy. Let Kuniu do this. He's the best at this kind of thing."
"Hmm..." Koizumi Aona thought for a moment, "Kunii-san is very strong. I plan to let him be a member of the bonfire party committee."
"That's right, let him chop wood and move wood!" the girls echoed in unison.
"That's not right, teacher!" Kunii Osamu shouted, "Watanabe is stronger than me!"
"How could that be? Watanabe doesn't look very strong at first glance."
"Really? He's much stronger than me! The baseball he throws is so fast and..."
"You're talking about baseball, but the teacher doesn't understand it either."
…
"Between playing a ghost and chopping wood, scaring people is definitely more fun than sweating."
In the Human Observation Club after school, Toru Watanabe talked to the two beautiful girls about what happened at the morning meeting.
"Is that so." Director Kiyono Rin replied perfunctorily in a tone that said, "Both of them are boring, and Watanabe Toru, who talks about such a topic, is even more boring."
Miss Kujo, who was lying on the sofa, was not listening at all.
Watanabe Toru changed the topic again: "Do you think the legend of the bond at the bonfire party is true or false?"
"What's the difference between people who believe in that kind of thing and those dreamers who do nothing but pin their hopes on dreams and possibilities?" Kiyono Rin's voice was cold and clear.
"Beautiful, I really want the girls in the class to hear your answer, what about you Meiji?"
"childish."
"I couldn't agree more." Watanabe Toru applauded.
Although I don't know whether Kujo Miki is saying that the legend of bond is childish, or that he is childish to talk about such issues.
"But if you don't ask me to dance, I'll roast you on the bonfire."
“…”
"Heh, you actually called others childish." Of course, this sentence was said by Lord Qingye.
"Don't get me wrong." Miki Kujo sat up and walked over without shoes - a furry blanket had been laid on the floor at some point.
She rested one hand on the beech table and looked down at Kiyono Rin who was reading a book.
"Whether we can be together for life depends on our ability. I will dance with Watanabe just to tell some people not to have unrealistic fantasies."
"Is the always confident Kujo-san scared?" Kiyono Rin didn't take his eyes off the book and even turned the page back.
"Scared?" Kujo Miki sneered, "Kiyono-san, are you really planning on seducing someone else's boyfriend?"
"First of all, the club activities between Watanabe and I existed before you two started dating; secondly..."
Qing Ye Lin closed the book and looked down at Kujo Miki without giving in: "Are you really scared? Don't you have confidence in yourself?"
Without waiting for Kujo Miki to speak, she glanced at Watanabe Toru.
Then, as if she had just remembered, she added:
"I almost forgot that Watanabe-san is a pervert who likes legs. I am indeed a big threat."
"Oh, really..." Miki Kujo slowly turned her head and looked at Toru Watanabe who was hiding behind "Remembrance of Things Past".
It came suddenly, like a natural disaster.
"How should I explain this sentence..." Watanabe Toru muttered to himself, "'The blazing fire is like a steaming cloak, wrapping the sleeping person'?"
"Watanabe-san." Kiyono Rin also looked over.
"Hmm?" Watanabe Toru came back to his senses and looked out the window blankly, "Is it over? Time has passed so quickly today. Is this Einstein's Theory of Relativity? I have to find time to study it carefully."
No one cares whether he studies the theory of relativity or not.
"Is your O fetish about legs?"
"Which legs are prettier, Kiyono-san's or mine?"
The gazes of the two beautiful girls were extremely oppressive, and Watanabe Toru had no choice but to give up struggling.
"I will never like a girl just because she has pretty legs," he said.
The corners of Kujo Miki's mouth curled up and she narrowed her eyes, but it was not because she was happy.
Who can't see that Watanabe Toru is avoiding the main point and answering irrelevant questions?
But I'll settle this matter with him when I get back.
She looked at Qingye Rin: "It seems that the only advantage that Qingye thinks is himself is not that good."
"The only advantage?" Qing Ye Lin repeated in a puzzled tone, "Then Kujo-san, can you promise not to retaliate and let Watanabe-san choose the person to dance with at the bonfire party?"
Kujo Miki narrowed her eyes.
Qingye Rin responded with a sneer of contempt.
"Do you think I would fall for this?" Kujo Miki suddenly laughed, "Whether Watanabe likes legs or not, the only legs he can touch are mine. I don't need to prove anything."
"I understand your thoughts." Qing Ye Lin sighed, "If my opponent is as beautiful as me, I will be worried too."
The activity classroom of the Human Observation Department fell into a dead silence like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
"Okay." Kujo Miki stood up straight, "Let Watanabe choose for himself."
"Promise not to retaliate later ?" Qingye Rin confirmed with a sneer.
"No problem." Miki Kujo crossed her arms, her eyes were clearly smiling but full of coldness.
"Watanabe-san," Kiyono Rin called out, "Did you hear that?"
At this time, why don't you tell us whether what Kujo Miki said is true or not?
Capitalists are not good people, including beautiful girls.
"No need," Watanabe Toru said with a relaxed look, "I'll tell you the answer right now. I will definitely invite you..."
"Wait a minute." Qing Ye Lin interrupted him, "The choice you make now is just based on rational judgment. Only when the bonfire party comes, the person you really like, want to dance with, and want to form a relationship with will appear in your mind."
Watanabe Toru: “…”
Being able to say even such things, it seems that "Ikki Aoi Love Story" is not without effect, and it seems that she has grown a lot.
"Then wait until the bonfire party," Kujo Miki walked back to the sofa, "I will make you admit defeat sincerely."
"I'm looking forward to it." Qingye Rin responded with a chuckle.
Just like liking romance, it is common sense that women are born to act.
Therefore, Toru Watanabe would never believe anything that Miki Kujo promised today.
As for what Kiyono Rin said, 'Only on the day of the bonfire party, the person you really like, want to dance with, and want to form a relationship with, will appear in your mind', that kind of thing is too light novel-like.
This is reality.
What is needed is rational judgment.
His answer will not change.
