Chapter 189 Winter Camping (11)
There was no one around, and only a few lonely voices could be heard coming from the beginner ski slope in the distance.
The two lay side by side in the thick snow, looking at the blue sky.
"You would say this when I was racing off-road vehicles. No, I should have guessed it from the beginning," said Qingye Rin.
"Why did you do that?"
"You have the disadvantage of not being decisive enough, but you also have the advantage of being responsible."
"After all, he's just an ordinary person." Watanabe Toru said in a relaxed tone.
Qingye Rin sighed deeply, and white mist curled up and disappeared into the air.
"You really forgot," she said.
"Forgot?" Toru Watanabe turned his head and looked at her profile in confusion.
The girl's beautiful face is whiter than snow and has an alluring vitality.
"Your target——"Tokyo handsome guy"."
"I haven't forgotten." Watanabe Toru laughed and stretched out his hands to the sky, as if he wanted to grab the sky in his hands. "I still remember the first time I said it, you laughed at me for a long time."
Qing Ye Lin also laughed: "I didn't look down on "Tokyo handsome guys", but I thought you couldn't do it at all."
"At that time? You mean I can do it now?"
"No." Qing Ye Lin shook her head gently, her hair rubbing against the snow, making a faint rustling sound. "After spending more than half a year together, I found that you really can't do it."
“…”
Qingye Rin turned her head and looked at Watanabe Toru: "Not convinced?"
“Somewhat.”
"You and Kujo will never be a Tokyo handsome guy - you are very good at blending in, which is both an advantage and a disadvantage."
"So, I have no hope in my life? My dream is shattered? My life journey ends here?" asked Toru Watanabe.
"There is a way to save it," Qing Ye Lin's eyes were deep and charming, "Be with me every day."
“…”
"Only I, who am honest, noble, cute, beautiful, brave, strong, elegant, pure, and smart, can help you become a Tokyo handsome guy. No one else can do that."
"You have many advantages, but your only disadvantage is that you are too narcissistic."
Qingye Rin smiled nonchalantly, which showed her absolute confidence in herself.
"Yes, you are indeed honest, noble, and lovely...what's the next part?"
"There is no need for any discussion about the fact that I am perfect. Please grasp the key point of what I just said." Qingye Rin reminded.
Watanabe Toru thought of Asuka Mai.
Faced with her feelings, he rejected her many times, until that night at Higashiyama Villa in Kyoto, when they became lovers.
This matter has been kept secret from Kujo Miki to this day.
If I were with Kiyono Rin.
She never lies and can see through lies. Whether he is willing or not, he will choose to tell her about Senior Mai as soon as possible.
What will happen to him and Asuka Mai in the end is impossible to guess because the premise is "if", but one thing is certain.
Q: Do you feel more like a "Tokyo handsome guy" when you are with Kiyono Rin?
Answer: Yes.
"I promised Miki that I would be with her." Watanabe Toru said.
"I'm not trying to convince you. If you lose this bonfire party, then you lose. In the future, I will make you give up Jiujo on your own initiative because you love me too much."
"I don't believe it." Toru Watanabe thought that he liked this narcissist enough now.
But he also likes Kujo Miki and has a responsibility to her. He has to keep an eye on her and prevent her from killing anyone.
"You have your opinions, and I have my things to do." Qing Ye Lin looked up at the sky again, "To make you like my research, defeat Kujo Miki, and walk steadfastly on your own path in life."
"Kiyono-san, you are really mean. You deliberately break up couples for your own sake."
"I never said I was a good person, did I? But this is all your fault."
"Because I'm so handsome and outstanding that you can't help yourself?" said Toru Watanabe.
"If you walked into the Human Observation Department and immediately fell in love with me, I would not have let you into the department; if your confession to Kujo Miki was not a lie at the beginning."
Watanabe Toru concluded: "Everything is a series of coincidences that are linked together."
"Watanabe." Qingye Rin called softly.
"Um?"
"Tell me about you and Kujo. I want to know."
After a short silence, Watanabe Toru sorted out his thoughts:
"On May 10th, at nine o'clock in the evening, I was at Ochanomizu..."
The warm winter sun shines on the two people lying in the snow.
It was noon, lunch time at the campsite restaurant, and there was no one on the advanced ski slopes.
"She's so lucky." Qing Ye Lin sighed, and then her tone became a little excited, "But if I can beat her on the unlucky side, the sense of victory will be stronger, and her sense of frustration will be greater."
"I really admire you. Most people would give up, right?"
"I have been fighting alone since I was four years old. I am more indestructible than anyone else. I am not the kind of person who must succeed in everything I do. Although I almost never fail, I am never afraid of failure..."
"Is this also one of the things that proves your excellence?" said Toru Watanabe.
"That's right."
"That's it. After listening to you, my liking for you has increased a lot!"
"Ah, are you going to admit defeat now?"
"How is that possible!"
"That's good." Qing Ye Lin nodded with satisfaction. "It's a very pleasant thing to be able to overcome problems."
"Don't say that. I know this is one of your strengths."
Qingye Rin smiled, she had not originally intended to say this.
"You're right." She nodded slightly to show her affirmation.
The two stopped talking, lay in the snow, and looked at the sky for a long time.
Halfway through, Toru Watanabe suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, Seino-san, do you still remember "From Iwate Prefecture to Tokyo?" he said.
"400 km." Qing Ye Lin completed the movie title, "Why are you talking about this suddenly?"
"Ah, my love has long gone with the south wind..."
"Don't sing." Qingye Rin interrupted him immediately.
"Then you sing." Toru Watanabe turned his head and looked at her expectantly.
Qingye Rin's chest rose and fell slightly. After adjusting her breathing, she began to sing softly.
"Every time I meet you unexpectedly"
"Always makes me completely forget everything"
"Just like a little girl playing and frolicking"
"Can you hear my thumping heart?"
"The coral reefs reflect our skin in a mottled manner"
"It's fine if it's just the two of us."
"Because I like you"
The voice is clean and full of transparency, and the singing is sad and sweet, which makes people feel excited.
Many years later, Toru Watanabe still remembers that day: the clear winter sky was beautiful, the faint but ever-present fragrance of Kiyono Rin, and her beautiful singing.
The two got off the ski slope, took off their ski suits and returned their skis.
In front of the campsite.
"Thank you for your guidance, Coach Kiyono."
"Write me a human observation report titled "Two or three things a boy thinks when learning to ski with a beautiful female coach" next Monday."
"……ah?"
"As a minister, I will also write a report titled 'Teaching a Lying Man to Ski, Two or Three Thoughts of a Beautiful Girl'... Do you have any other opinions?"
"No, I just feel that you are very prejudiced against me."
"You don't lie?"
"Occasionally..." Under the oppressive gaze of Qing Ye Lin, Watanabe Toru changed his answer, "Always."
"I'm not a pretty girl?"
"One thousand percent beautiful girl."
"Any other comments?"
“It’s completely gone.”
The two separated, Kiyono Rin continued along her life path as if no one was around, while Watanabe Toru stayed by Kujo Miki's side.
When we returned to the cabin, Kunijii Osamu and the others had all returned.
"Watanabe, where have you been? I didn't even read your message." Saito Keisuke said.
Watanabe Toru took out his cell phone.
The message he sent has been "read", and below it is a message from Saito Keisuke saying that they are going fishing, and also the specific fishing spot, asking him to go there quickly.
"Since you didn't reply to me, I went skiing," he said.
"We are going skiing this afternoon. Do you want to go?" the squad leader said, holding his glasses.
"No." After saying that, Watanabe Toru pointed at his glasses and said, "Why do your glasses always fall down? Are they too big?"
After hearing what he said, others also became curious.
The monitor adjusted his glasses again: "It is said that my face is obviously asymmetrical, so it always falls down."
"Obvious asymmetry ?" Saito Keisuke, Kunii Osamu and another boy laughed.
"Why is it 'said'?" Watanabe Toru asked curiously.
"Because I don't admit it." The squad leader replied calmly.
"I can't tell either," said Toru Watanabe.
"Is that so? The clerk in the eyewear store must be bluffing!" The squad leader got so excited that his glasses slipped down again.
Watanabe Toru couldn't help but laugh: "You should get a pair of these specially made for you. Isn't this uncomfortable?"
"Impossible!" The squad leader said, holding his glasses, "None of you can influence me. I am right!"
"Squad leader, that's almost enough," said Keisuke Saito.
"That's right. It would be better if you didn't say it. After you said it, even a fool could see that your face is asymmetrical." Kunii Osamu said.
"If the glasses don't fit properly, it will affect the degree of myopia, right?" said another boy.
"Even if I were blind, I would never admit that my face is asymmetrical!" the squad leader insisted.
Watanabe Toru patted his shoulder and said, "Whether your face is symmetrical or not is another matter. I admire your attitude towards life."
"Watanabe!" The usually calm squad leader was so excited that he wanted to shake Watanabe Toru's hand.
Watanabe Toru quickly dodged.
At that moment, he understood: he didn't admire the class monitor, but just because Qingye Rin was also a stubborn guy, so he didn't oppose the class monitor.
"You should really go and get a pair of suitable glasses ordered," said Toru Watanabe.
The five of them quarreled for a while, and then Keisuke Saito and his friends went to the ski resort, but Kunii Osamu stayed behind, saying that they had to prepare for a bonfire party later.
"Watanabe, can you do me a favor?" Kunii Osamu said in a low voice.
"What's the matter?" Toru Watanabe took out "Remembrance of Things Past" from under the pillow.
"You will go to the bonfire party later on in my place."
"See what you want." Watanabe Toru did not refuse nor agree. He casually turned to a page of the book and started reading.
He had finished reading the book a long time ago, but it would take him a long time to understand all the French in it.
"…I asked Kazuki-san to dance, but he refused."
"My condolences."
"She also advised me to give up early and chase other girls."
"She's a nice person." Watanabe Toru said, "So you're so sad that you can't move, and you want me to help you chop wood?"
"Before coming here, I asked the chairman of the bonfire party to put me in the same group with Ichiki-san."
"Oh." Watanabe Toru nodded in understanding and turned the page of the book. "I'll go for you."
"Thanks."
Toru Watanabe read a book in the dormitory for an hour and a half, then got up and left the cabin, walking towards the square where the bonfire party was held.
The chairman was a lovely girl. Instead of letting him chop wood, she arranged for him and Ikki Aoi to carry wood from the warehouse.
Is it more comfortable to lift wood or to chop wood? Watanabe Toru is not sure, but the chairman should think that lifting wood is easier.
The two walked one after the other on the mountain road leading to the warehouse in the forest.
In the silent snowy forest, the birdsong is much louder than what you normally hear.
"Kunii-san asked me to dance, but I refused," Ikki Aoi said.
"I know."
"I'm really sorry for him. Kunii-san is a really nice person. I tried myself, but it's really impossible. It's not just Kunii-san, there are other boys too. I just can't be attracted to him."
"It's good, there's no need to force yourself," said Toru Watanabe.
"If it was you, Watanabe-kun, whose appearance was so outstanding that it exceeded the boundaries between men and women and became simply good-looking, I should be able to accept it."
"Are you mocking me? Saying that I look like a girl?"
"No way! That's not what I meant at all!"
The branches scattered on the road were broken by being stepped on, making crisp sounds.
The two men came to the warehouse and worked together to lift a piece of wood, one in front and one behind.
Ikki Aoi stopped talking about her and started talking about Kujo Miki instead.
"Kujo Miki has become even prettier. We were all talking about it in the dormitory last night."
"She is very beautiful to begin with. Except for Kiyono-san, no one can compete with her."
"Watanabe-kun, don't rush to defend her, really!" Ikki Aoi complained in a discontented manner, "You misunderstood me. To be precise, Kujo-san is not becoming more beautiful, but more charming. Girls will be moved when they see her."
"Are you declaring war on me?"
"…I still like Mai-senpai."
"Oh, well..."
Watanabe Toru didn't finish the sentence "That doesn't seem to work either."
"I like Kiyono-san too."
"hold head high?"
"But I feel very nervous when I am around her. I dare not even make a joke. She seems a bit cold and arrogant."
“That’s calmness and self-discipline.”
"Yes, yes, you are calm and self-disciplined. I was wrong again." After that, Ikki Aoi whispered to herself, "I almost forgot that you and Kiyono-san are having an affair."
Watanabe Toru carried the wood silently, pretending not to hear.
"And Haomei is not bad either." Ikki Aoi felt a little sore in her arms, so she changed her position slightly.
"Tamamo is so beautiful? What's so good about her?" Toru Watanabe still remembers this '150,000 yen' 'ex-girlfriend', a gold digger.
But this was her own business, and he would not bring it up as a topic of conversation.
"Eh? Don't you think she has a great body? Her long legs are beautiful too! But then again, Watanabe-kun's girlfriends are Kujo-san and Kiyono-san, and there are no girls with better bodies or prettier faces than them!"
"Don't talk nonsense."
Ichimoku Aoi pretended not to hear: "Watanabe-kun, tell me about their figures. Which one is better?"
"Why are you telling me this?" Watanabe Toru said with a headache.
I should have known not to help Guo Jingxiu.
"Isn't it weird to talk about this with a girl? It's even more inappropriate for a boy. Only you, Watanabe-kun, are tight-lipped and know a lot of information."
"I see. You're calling me androgynous."
"Oh, how could that be! Just tell me, just tell me! I won't tell anyone else!"
"Let me tell you what I think of Mai Asuka-senpai's figure."
"No, no! I don't want to listen! I want to listen to Kujo-san and Kiyono-san!"
"…Ichiki-kun, there's something really wrong with you."
The bright red sunset passed over the treetops of the forest, and the night engulfed the ground.
The wood carried to the square was piled into a cube without a top, with chopped firewood placed inside.
“Thank you for your hard work,” said the chairman.
“Thank you for your hard work,” the committee members responded in unison.
"Everyone, hurry up and eat and take a shower. I hope you can meet the person you like during the bonfire party!"
