Chapter 41 Please don't take the outcome of the bickering to heart
"The dolphin show is about to begin." Toru Watanabe glanced at the school of fish above his head.
"You're amazing," Qing Ye Lin looked up and chuckled sarcastically, "You can tell the time by looking at the sea water."
"In fact, I have done research on the relationship between seawater and the sun, and I am good at reading the seawater to know the current time."
"You're lying."
"I don't."
"You lied again."
"I……"
"Watanabe!" Tamamo Yomi puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction and put her face very close.
Toru Watanabe felt a sweet smell unique to young girls entering his nose.
"What's wrong?" Watanabe Toru couldn't pull his arm free, so he had to tilt his head back and try to keep as much distance as possible.
He doesn't like girls like Tamamo Yomi, whether it's because she's materialistic or because she casually hugs boys she doesn't like.
But that’s how life is. Sometimes, even if it’s annoying, you still have to endure it...all for the monthly sign-in reward.
Tamamo pouted her charming little lips: "Who do you think is better, me or this woman?!"
Who is better?
Kiyono Rin has a sharp tongue and a bad personality, but is honest; Tamamo Mimi is casual and materialistic, but unexpectedly keeps her promise after taking the money.
"Hmm..." Watanabe Toru pondered for a moment, "I think you two hold similar positions in my heart."
I neither hate it nor like it...but there's no need to say this.
“Ah~~”
The ladies in the underwater tunnel looked at Watanabe Toru with changed eyes, and an atmosphere of "he is indeed a scumbag" came over them.
The men were so envious and jealous that they felt upset. Did being handsome really mean getting preferential treatment?
"Is that so?" Qing Ye Lin suddenly reacted and said, "In your heart, I am the same as Tamamo-san. Although it has something to do with your poor outlook on life, values, and aesthetics, narrow vision, lack of knowledge, and little experience, I also have to reflect on myself."
As she spoke, she put her hand on her chin and lowered her head in thought.
"I admit that you think I have poor aesthetics, narrow vision, and little knowledge, but I absolutely cannot accept that I lack a good outlook on life, values, and knowledge."
"Oh?" Qingye Rin was surprised that Watanabe Toru still had objections.
“I’ve already talked about my outlook on life and values. As a “Tokyo handsome guy” I admit that I still have some shortcomings, but I’m always working hard. I also lack knowledge. I can speak Chinese (naturally), English, and I’ve recently been learning Spanish.”
"Let's not talk about the ambiguous "Tokyo handsome guy". The United Nations has six official languages, namely English, French, Russian, Chinese, Arabic and Spanish. You only know Chinese, English, and not even a little Spanish, and I, in addition to these six, also know German."
After speaking very quickly, Qing Ye Lin, who had 3 points of physical strength, took a deep breath and concluded gently and kindly:
"Watanabe-san, you must have the courage to admit your shortcomings."
How confident was Toru Watanabe in his brain? How hard did he study? How could he allow someone to insult him on this?
He retorted, "Excuse me, Kiyono-san, but languages are just like that. As long as you find the rules, you can learn as many languages as you want."
Qingye Rin lifted her long hair and said, "That's correct, but since I can speak seven languages, it's also correct for me to say that you lack knowledge."
"Ha." Watanabe Toru sneered, "In addition to languages, I also know a variety of knowledge. I have read many biographies of great men, and I have also studied biology, chemistry, astronomy, and marine life."
Others were stunned, and many looked at him as if to say, "How can a mere scumbag be so knowledgeable?"
Only Qingno Rin, this woman, laughed as if she heard something funny.
She said, "Biochemistry? Textbook knowledge, right? Astronomy? Did you find the position of the Big Dipper while walking on the road at night? Marine life... are you referring to now?"
Damn it, I was seen through!
But how determined is Watanabe Toru? How could a boy who gets up at six in the morning every day to do radio gymnastics easily give up?
"How dare you say that." He calmly pointed to a water tank nearby. "This is a red-banded characin; the one burrowing in the sand is a garden eel; the ones in groups are spotted shanks; the big ones are stingrays; this is a snapper; the shark baring its teeth is called the tiger shark."
"So amazing!" Tamamo Haomei couldn't help but exclaim.
Watanabe Toru raised his head slightly and looked down at Kiyono Rin.
Just when everyone was looking at him with admiration, Qingye Rin just burst out laughing.
She covered her lips with her hand. "Oh, sorry, it's just too funny."
After catching her breath, she said with a slightly mocking smile, " Watanabe san, reciting the contents of the aquarium's notice board does not count as research on marine life. Or is your so-called research so superficial?"
Seen through again...
How could this woman named Kiyono Rin be so terrifying? In addition to being able to see through lies, could she also be a mind reader?
This is a skill that even he, as a player, envied!
When Toru Watanabe was at a loss for words, the aquarium radio saved him.
“Notice: There will be a dolphin show on the outdoor stage on the second floor. Please come and enjoy it!”
"Look," Watanabe Toru's brain reacted very quickly, and he immediately said righteously: "I already said that I can tell the time by looking at the sea water. Isn't it about to start?"
Qingye Rin sighed helplessly.
"Watanabe-san, I cannot lie. I have to admit that you are an excellent human being. If you can stop lying, even if you have a poor outlook on life, values, and aesthetics, a narrow vision, a lack of knowledge, and little experience, I will definitely have a very good impression of you."
"Thanks for your twisted affirmation, but my talents are more than that. I only took a few art classes and I got a B." This is the truth!
"The one with the ape-man that got a B because it was so funny?"
Teacher, art teacher! What on earth are you doing? You actually showed it to other classes? Where is the students' privacy?
“Do you know Picasso?”
"Oh."
“…I’m still third in the grade.”
"Who do you think you are talking to?" Qingye Rin said proudly, with his hands lightly placed on his chest.
"... Kiyono-san, I am a delicate person, so I advise you to be more tactful when speaking." Toru Watanabe glared at her breasts which did not exist at all.
"Ah, I apologize if I have hurt your immature heart."
"You'd better shut up. Being a motionless window doll is cuter than being able to talk."
Toru Watanabe did not utter the personal attack out loud.
Even if the other party spoke coldly to him, he would never make personal attacks... Speechless, Toru Watanabe looked at his face reflected in the aquarium and felt that he was very great.
Finding something to comfort himself, Watanabe Toru, in a good mood, changed the subject: "The dolphin show is about to start, let's go."
"That's right, let's go." Qingye Rin acted as if she was just joking just now. She didn't continue to press on the victory or show off proudly that her point of view was correct.
Only then did the others come to their senses and their eyes on the two people changed completely.
Is knowing three languages considered a lack of knowledge?
No matter what method is used, being able to tell the difference between most fish in an aquarium is due to lack of knowledge?
The third in the grade is not qualified to speak? Is the other one the second or the first?
Why are these two people in an aquarium? Wouldn't a research institute, a museum or a library be more suitable for them?
Watanabe Toru said to Tamamo , "I want to go see dolphins, please let me go."
Tamamo Haomei came to her senses and hugged Watanabe Toru even tighter: "We are going there too!"
Time had already passed as Watanabe Toru achieved a staged failure. Afraid of being too late, the five of them immediately left the "undersea tunnel" together and followed the signs to the second floor.
Kiyono Rin walked in front.
She usually has the dignified temperament of a young lady, but at this moment she was walking with light steps, like the lively anime heroine who appeared in the first episode in spring stepping on cherry blossom petals.
Behind her are two pairs of "couples".
Tamamo Yoshimi hooked her arm around Watanabe Toru's, and Ikeda Noriko hooked her arm around Tamamo Yoshimi's - she was very dissatisfied with her boyfriend's dumbfounded performance just now.
"So beautiful," Ikeda Noriko said excitedly, "Your boyfriend is so awesome!"
"Very ordinary, just barely worthy of being my boyfriend." Tamamo Yomi said modestly but felt somewhat proud in her heart.
"So smart and ordinary?"
"So what? He was the one who confessed to me and insisted that I be his girlfriend, so I reluctantly agreed~~"
“Eh? Really?”
"Is that right, Watanabe?" Tamamo Yomi hooked Watanabe Toru's hand and tried hard.
"yes."
"So beautiful, you are so lucky!" Ikeda Noriko was very envious, and then whispered in her ear: "But you have to be careful, I see that although he and that woman are bickering, they seem to have a good relationship."
Speaking of this, Tamamo's good mood disappeared again. She stared at Kiyono Rin's back, thinking about how to surpass her and let everyone know:
She is so beautiful that Tamamo is the most beautiful girl in Kamikawa.
