Chapter 195: Christmas Towards the End of the Semester (4)
In island schools, classes will continue for a period of time after the final exams.
Without exams, students who are only waiting for report cards and holidays treat every day of school as a class reunion.
These days, Toru Watanabe, Kunii Osamu and Saito Keisuke are playing paper backgammon in the classroom.
The backgammon chess set was a gift that came with the magazine that Ikeda Kazumi bought. Girls don't play that, so she gave it to them.
"Four, four." Kunii Osamu prayed as he shook the dice in his hand.
While waiting , Toru Watanabe's cell phone vibrated.
Shenchuan has no restrictions on mobile phones except during classes, but when your grades drop, the second thing he does during the interview is to tell you tactfully:
How about trying to stay away from your phone for a while?
By the way, let me talk about the first thing - OOO tutoring school is good, OOO classmate, would you like to consider it?
The above is what Toru Watanabe heard, and the authenticity of the source of the information is not guaranteed.
"I did very, very well in math this time! For the first time, I'm looking forward to the test results!"
"Kumiko"
"What?"
"Tell you one reason why I am so good"
"I've got my pen out, please!"
"When doing something, before you succeed, you should remain calm but full of excitement."
"...I always feel like you deserve a beating."
"You feel the same way? Honestly, I've been holding it in for a long time!"
"Um?"
Just as Toru Watanabe was about to explain, a voice called him from the back door.
"Watanabe-san, come out for a moment." The voice was cool and pleasant.
"No."
Toru Watanabe deleted the chat history on his phone.
A hint of doubt flashed across Qingye Rin's face, which was loved by everyone.
"I have something to talk to you about."
"Let's talk after school if you have anything to say."
Qing Ye Lin became impatient, and her powerful gaze shot over like a sharp arrow:
"come out."
"Okay, Minister." Toru Watanabe stood up and walked over.
Behind him, Keisuke Saito and Osamu Kunii looked at him with sympathy.
Watanabe Toru stopped three steps away from Qing Ye Lin and said, "What is it? If it is a confession, please allow me to refuse."
Seeing his appearance, Qingye Rin stared at him with a scrutinizing look.
"Have you done anything to offend me?" she asked.
"What do you mean I'm sorry?"
"Speaking badly of me?"
"Isn't there something wrong?"
Qing Ye Lin glared at him in dissatisfaction and said coldly: "Go back and tell Kujo classmate that you can wear casual clothes to tomorrow's party."
After the exam, Kujo Miki completely disappeared from the campus.
These days, Watanabe Toru went to Chiyoda, and she was busy even when she lay in bed at night.
He even wondered if Miki Kujo was already dealing with next year's affairs?
"Why do we let you, a young lady, decide in person what to wear?" Toru Watanabe was puzzled.
"You're not the only one who wants us to have a better relationship." Qing Ye Lin showed a hint of sarcasm at the corner of her mouth, and then said lightly: "But now that I have you, I don't have to talk to her anymore."
Watanabe Toru nodded to indicate that he understood.
He suddenly thought of a possibility and asked casually:
"In that case, if one of you and Kujo Miki is a boy, then wouldn't you have to get married?"
For the first time, Kiyono Rin showed a nauseous expression.
Even so, it's still very cute!
It's so cute, just like an arrogant penguin, walking to your feet with arrogant steps and pecking your feet.
Then, the penguin raises its head and looks at you with a look that asks you if you are scared.
The Kiyono Rin in front of me is so cute.
"Even if there's only one man and one woman, we can't get married."
"Why?"
"Instead of saying bad things about me, why don't you use your brain more?" Qing Ye Lin's voice suddenly turned cold, "Don't keep thinking about girls' legs all day long."
After saying this, Penguin Qingye lifted his long hair from his shoulders and turned away arrogantly.
"...I don't think about it all the time. I only think about it for two hours every day." Watanabe Toru explained to her back as she was still there.
This is the only thing that needs to be explained clearly.
I don’t know if it was an illusion , but Qingno Rin suddenly seemed to have trouble walking, and then quickened her pace to leave.
In such a joyful atmosphere, before we knew it, it was December 24th.
Christmas Eve, known as "Holy Night" by girls, is the last day before the winter vacation.
Aona Koizumi stood on the podium holding her transcript.
In private, she is very friendly and treats students like an older sister, but once she stands in that position, her beautiful oval face will deliberately put on a serious expression and her voice will carry the majesty of a teacher.
For example, now.
"Another year is about to pass, classmates, the future is not far away, and the three years of high school will pass in the blink of an eye."
"There is only a short third semester left in the first year of high school next year, so everyone must consider the division of arts and sciences as soon as possible."
She looked around and the classroom was quiet.
Someone straightened his back and looked her in the eye;
Some people lowered their heads, and no one knew what they were thinking;
Some people have already packed their things and are just waiting to get their report cards, stuffing them into their backpacks and going out to play.
"For this final exam, students who want to study liberal arts should take a good look at their liberal arts scores, and those who want to study science should also take a good look at their science scores, and then think carefully about what to do during the winter vacation."
“Sometimes interest is the best teacher, but following your own talents is also a choice.”
"We are all grown up now, and we should understand that one choice can determine our life."
"Also, whether you want to study arts or science, students whose test deviation scores are below 65 in the country..."
Koizumi Aona's eyes swept over some people.
After a brief silence, she continued: "You have fallen out of the top 5% in the country."
“Grades cannot determine your life, but they cannot become an obstacle in your life either.”
"The transcripts will be distributed now. Students whose names are called please come up to receive them."
"Nakayama Ruraina!"
"have!"
"In front of Tamura's house!"
"have!"
"Ikeda Kazumi!"
"have!"
…
"Watanabe Toru!"
"have!"
Watanabe Toru's first year in Kamikawa ended like this.
…
Kyoto, Kitauji.
After school, after finishing cleaning.
In the cheerful atmosphere of the beginning of winter vacation, some people sat in the classroom, sighing at their report cards, and some girls were even crying.
Although she felt a little sorry for her classmate, Kumiko was so happy that she wanted to sing.
"Kumiko, did you do well in the exam this time?" Reina asked with her head tilted in the corridor on the way to the wind orchestra.
"Huh? Did I tell you, Reina?"
"You're humming."
Kumiko covered her mouth and widened her eyes: "I sang it already?"
Lina looked at her and smiled: "How did you do in the exam?"
"I can't compare to you, Reina." Kumiko couldn't help but smile as she spoke.
"Isn't that natural?" Rina rolled her eyes at her. "Kumiko, think about what you are doing while I am studying."
"I, I'm studying too!"
"Yeah?"
"Oh, I just didn't study as long as you, Reina." In order to interrupt the topic, Kumiko took out the report card from her schoolbag.
Lina took it directly, and there was not a single crease on the transcript.
"Chinese...math, you've made great progress in math." Lina said in surprise.
"The deviation is only 64."
"I remember you only got 49 in your last mock exam, right?"
"49.2! 0.2 can leave dozens of people behind!"
"...I don't know what you're insisting on." Lina sighed, "Mathematics and your euphonium, are they all thanks to your two books on Advanced Potion Making?"
Because Kumiko was holding two notebooks and reading them all day long, her euphonium skills improved by leaps and bounds, and in mathematics, she even started to explain problems to others. In addition, she was unwilling to show them to others, so some classmates who liked "Harry Potter" called the two notebooks "Half-Blood Prince's "Advanced Potion-Making"."
This name has spread unknowingly.
Just now when Kumiko was receiving her report card, her homeroom teacher, who was in a good mood, also teased her about this topic.
"Not always. Sometimes I would ask the Half-Blood Prince himself for advice."
The Half-Blood Prince, Toru Watanabe - he himself was completely unaware.
Kumiko could imagine that after she told him this name, given Watanabe Toru's personality, he would definitely say:
Half-Blood Prince? Who are you looking down on? At least Voldemort, right?
Kumiko wanted to laugh when she thought about how cocky he was.
"But your English..." Lina looked at the deviation value of 56.
"I have decided not to go to a university that requires English exams!"
"Don't you want to be an English teacher?"
“I found that I liked math more!”
"I don't believe you. During the midterm exam, I still remember you said you didn't want to go to a university that majored in mathematics."
Kumiko felt a little embarrassed to be exposed by Reina, so she scratched her cheek with her fingers and said:
"Then I can only ask the Half-Blood Prince for help. Next time you see him, ask him for another English notebook. By the way, Lina, how is your English?"
Reina is planning to study at a music university abroad.
"Here." Lina took out her report card.
"The national deviation value for all subjects is 72? That's amazing! The deviation value for English alone is... 79.4?!" Kumiko was so surprised that she even stopped in her tracks.
Lina followed and stopped, saying seriously: "English is the basis for me to pursue music abroad, so of course I have to take it seriously."
"79.4! When can I reach 70? Oh, by the way, where does 79.4 rank in the country?"
"have no idea."
"Can I check it?" Kumiko took out her cell phone.
Reina nodded, "If it's Kumiko's turn, then yes."
Kumiko felt better after hearing what Reina said.
You can check your individual scores for national exams online, including scores, deviation values, rankings, and national averages.
“No. 2396, so impressive!”
"If I continue to maintain this level, and then study at a university in Tokyo for another year, I shouldn't have any problem going abroad."
"There will be absolutely no problem!" Kumiko was more confident than Reina herself.
Reina stared at Kumiko, and suddenly reached out and pushed a piece of hair that Kumiko had held in her mouth due to excitement behind her ear.
At this moment, Kumiko really wanted to reach out and press Reina's hand on her face.
In order to suppress this strange impulse, she said:
"Do you want to ask that guy about his grades?"
"Half-Blood Prince?"
Kumiko wanted to laugh when she heard this silly title: "Yes, Half-Blood Prince."
"Then just ask as you walk," Lina said.
"good."
「Send me your results」
The message was replied quickly.
"never mind"
After walking a few steps, Kumiko stopped again.
"What's wrong?" Lina looked at him puzzledly.
"That guy seems to have failed the exam."
Lina laughed and tucked her hair behind her ears.
Kumiko paid no attention to her friend's expression as she began to move again, her hands typing rapidly on her phone.
"Send it to see"
When Watanabe Toru sends her transcript, she's ready to complain - for example, how can this be considered a setback? You're better than the top student in our school, so you should have no problem getting into the University of Tokyo!
"Forget it, really."
"How about an exchange? I'll send you my horrible transcript and you send me one too."
Without waiting for the other party to refuse, Kumiko sent her results.
'How could my English be worse? ' she thought to herself.
Ten seconds later, the other side sent a picture.
Immediately following this picture is an emoticon of a white-faced geisha - the geisha covers her face with her hands, with the caption: Ah, so embarrassing!
"This guy!" Kumiko cursed angrily.
"What's wrong?" Lina asked.
"Look!" Kumiko handed her the phone.
Lina opened the picture, and the order column was particularly eye-catching, all in the format of '1/449951'.
"He is still using my emoticon!" Kumiko said unwillingly.
"This guy has been annoying for more than just one or two days." Rina returned the phone to Kumiko.
Kumiko took the phone, looked at the exaggerated expression of "Ah, how embarrassing", and spoke hesitantly:
"Reina."
"Um?"
"Do you think people like Watanabe are special?"
“Not really.”
"Don't you think it counts?" Kumiko looked at Reina in confusion.
"Yes." Lina changed her hand and said, "A special person is someone who has the determination to be the best and most outstanding person, who is the most valuable and indispensable person in the group..."
"Then he doesn't count? He's ranked first in the country and he's also incredibly good at playing the oboe."
"Kumiko, please listen to me." Reina said unhappily.
"I'm sorry, Lina."
"What matters is not your current level, but your determination to be the best and your continuous efforts to achieve it. Such people are special people."
After that, Lina added:
"It's impossible for someone like him to be able to get first place in anything so easily."
"What if he wanted to be the best and worked hard until now, and succeeded?"
Reina bumped Kumiko with her shoulder in dissatisfaction:
"Are you helping him, or me?"
Kumiko rubbed her shoulder pretending to be in pain, "Of course I'm helping Reina!"
Lina snorted, "If he is a special person, that would be the best. I want to defeat him in the national competition next year and become an even more special person!"
"This is impossible." After saying that, Kumiko immediately covered her mouth and stared at Reina with wide eyes.
This time, Reina didn't hit her, but gave her a helpless look: "Kumiko, after practice today, do you want to come to my house to spend Christmas together?"
Kumiko smiled.
Lina felt embarrassed by her gaze, turned away slightly, and asked angrily:
"Are you going or not?"
"Of course!" Kumiko quickly agreed, "I'm smiling because I'm actually planning to invite Reina to my house too, and we want to go together."
"What's for dinner at your house tonight?"
"Fried chicken and cakes, that's pretty normal."
“Whose fried chicken is this?”
"Eh? This... looks like it's from Mos Burger."
"Then let's go to your house. I'm tired of the KFC I ordered from my family."
"Would you like to stay at my house after dinner? You can sleep on my bed and I'll sleep on the floor." Kumiko began to look forward to the dinner in the evening.
There are so many happy things this winter vacation.
Is it really good to get so much happiness all of a sudden?
Would it be possible to exchange it for the next two years of high school life?
No, no, I can’t be too happy. Next year I still have to enter the national competition, win the national gold medal, and show off in front of that guy!
Hold on for now, Kumiko!
"Okay." Lina opened the soundproof door of the music classroom. Only a few people chose to continue practicing today. "But you're welcome. We can sleep in the same bed."
"Sleeping together?!"
"What's wrong?" Rina looked at Kumiko strangely as she suddenly became excited.
Kumiko quickly waved her hands: "I'm definitely not thinking about anything weird!"
"How suspicious. But," Lina laughed, "It's okay to think about it. I don't hate it."
"…Li Na, you are indeed a bit slutty."
