Hearing this unexpected answer, Tracebe gasped.

"That's what it is...... What do you want to say?!" His beautiful voice lowered slightly, and every word he spat out seemed to buzz in his chest, with an intoxicating faint echo.

Willow Springs was silent.

Traces didn't seem to mean to ask her to give an answer. He was silent for a few more minutes, and then burst out laughing softly.

"I see......" he chuckled softly, and pronounced the syllables in a particularly meaningful way.

"In the beginning, you were actually dead set on tennis...... I rekindled that little bit of hope and dream you had about tennis, didn't I? That's what you just said......"

Liu Quan was shocked, and suddenly raised his head and looked at the trace.

She knew that he had probably deduced the wrong conclusion from all the statements she could give...... However, when the word denial came to her mouth, she forcibly swallowed it.

So be it...... Wouldn't that be nice? Traces had come to his own conclusions that would convince him of himself, and she didn't have to worry about how to win his trust and how to make him accept it without suspicion...... Then she leaves, and the world can continue to develop and advance smoothly according to that normal, natural law, and the people who live in this world can continue to live happily -

Traces suddenly snorted coldly.

"It seems that you have made today's choice and the credit of Uncle Ben, right?"

Liu Quan stared at his side face in a daze, determined to remain silent on the issue.

But he suddenly turned his face. The eyes of the two of them met in mid-air.

His brows furrowed slightly, his lips pursed into a straight line, and the expression on his face had never been so grim.

He added, "Uh-huh?!"

It looked like he had to hear her give an answer to this question. Liu Quan sighed, involuntarily looked away, and replied a little uncomfortably: "No, it's not like this......"

She found that words seemed easier to speak without looking at him, and she continued to maintain the same gaze that passed over his ears and looked at the night view of the city behind him, and said slowly:

"Jibe-kun, I didn't really give up on that terrible me at the beginning...... That, even I gave up on my own ......"

There was a slight shock in the tracks.

"You told me about the responsibilities that tennis brings, and Yamato-kun said, 'Occasionally you should pursue your dreams and the path you have identified,' and ...... me."

She paused.

"'You listen to what your heart desires most, sacrifice your consciousness for it, and make painful efforts to do so...... Isn't such a choice more precious than anything else?'"

It was this sentence that strengthened my belief that I would move forward despite everything. ”

In the darkness of the night and the light, she could see out of the corner of her eye, and the trace opened her mouth slightly in surprise, but there was no sign of the slightest relaxation in the center of her eyebrows.

Liu Quan had to add a few more words.

“...... At that time, I secretly said to myself, this time, I must persevere to the end. No matter how many hardships may be encountered, I will never give up again......"

"Because in this world, there are still people who cherish my talents for me, think that I still have dreams worth pursuing, and look forward to me being able to keep going-"

Whether it's the trace, Tezuka, Shiraishi, or the cousins of the Shinobu family, and even the girl named Kaoru Nitta who spoke out on the sidelines of the game that day to defend "Yanagizumi Nobuya......

There are always some people who can warm themselves, inspire themselves to move forward, and prove the meaning of this life.

"So, I think, even for the sake of these people...... I can't stand still myself. ”

Liu Quan completed his last, complete annotations. There was a look of clarity and surprise on his face, and then the look slowly dissolved, and he closed his eyes as if in deep thought, and when he opened them again, a look of calm and determination returned to his face. At this moment, he didn't look like the cool and domineering young master with the style of the domineering president when they first met on the Ice Emperor campus.

“...... I understand. He said simply.

......

On the way back, Uncle Jibu still maintained his well-bred gentlemanly demeanor and insisted on sending Liu Quan home in his own car.

His reason was, "Anyway, you already plan to go abroad, so Ling Zun's delusions don't matter."

...... He made so much sense that Liu Quan felt that he couldn't refute it.

So the eternally faithful and silent driver of the Kibe family drove in front, and Yanagizumi sat in the back seat with a little trepidation.

Cars sped down the streets in the darkness of the night. The closer he got to Willow Quan's house, the more nervous Willow Quan became—and the tighter his heart became. In the end, this terrible love was almost so thick that she could not control it, and it affected her body - she found that her hands were cold and trembling all the time, and even her upper body began to tremble with it, which was definitely a terrible thing that no one else could see!

So Liu Quan had to change to a different sitting position, putting her hands on her sides to support the saddle, this sitting position happened to be able to straighten her upper body, so that the whole upper body was in a state of tension, so it was less likely to tremble, and it was also convenient to look out the window and pretend to be a leisurely painting style. So Liu Quan decided to maintain this unnatural posture until he got home.

After a long period of silence in the car, Uncle Jibe was the first to break the silence.

"Tsk, the news is out. He said casually in a casual tone, holding his phone in his right hand, glancing at the screen, and then reading the headline, "'Tezuka Kunimitsu is expected to make a comeback in the North American hardcourt season, and it is possible to storm the US Open'." ”

Yanagizumi instantly thought of the day when he was taken by Tezuka to run, his physical fitness reached the limit, and he originally stopped to stir up a topic for a little rest, but when he took out his phone, he saw the headline that was pushed, announcing that he had withdrawn from the entire grass court season due to injury.

The sun seemed to be fine that day.

However, now that I think about it, it was only a few months, but it was so long that it seemed like many meaningful years in my life were condensed together. Now, Nobua-chan and everyone have become friends who can joke together and support each other, and Kuranosuke Shiraishi and Shinobu Ken continue their studies and tennis in Osaka at the same place where Shina-chan is fighting, Shinobu sometimes complains to her about how hard it is to study medicine at university, and Tezuka Kunimitsu returns to North America to compete in the next hard-court season, while Keigo Kibe still worries about his somewhat stubborn grandfather at home and thinks about the best way to prolong his tennis career as much as possible.

Everyone has their own path to take.

So did she.

Liu Quan tried his best to pull himself together and said in a brisk tone, "Isn't that good?"

Hearing this, the trace turned his head slightly and glanced at her. "Oh~?!"

...... I'm afraid I'll never meet someone who is so good at using his charming voice again...... This strange thought came to Liu Quan's mind.

She forced a smile and figured out the [True Paranoia + Snake Spirit Emoji] equip.

"It's fun to aim higher and catch up. She deliberately didn't go to see Uncle Jibu, with a strange smile in her voice.

"I've heard...... Wasn't you the one who finally persuaded Tezuka-kun to go abroad to pursue his dreams?"

Traces were slightly stunned, snorted, turned his face away again and rushed out the window, put away his mobile phone, and supported his chin with his left hand, as if he was impatient.

...... Maybe it's because a good friend (fog!) was able to go abroad to pursue his dreams, and now he has opened up a situation, but he is trapped in place for one reason or another, so he is a little anxious.

Liu Quan only then threw a quick glance at him.

His left hand rested on the armrest of the door, his chin resting on his chin, his eyes fixed on the front, and the colorful lights of the street reflected in the car window cast on his face, staring his handsome side face vividly and profoundly - even the iconic tear mole under his right eye was reflected in the colorful neon lights of the street.

Her heart moved, and she couldn't help but brush up on the line of [True Snake Spirit Disease].

“...... It's a promise made between yourself and the other party, so even if you're crying, you have to keep it and do it seriously, right?"

Sure enough, Uncle Jibe's face changed unpredictably for a moment, and he couldn't help but turn his head and stare at her.

"Whatever we cry also obeys...... Where did you come up with all this awful statement, ahhhh

Liu Quan laughed and looked at him narrowly.

I said...... It's okay, huh?"

She said jokingly.

"No matter how late you are, I think Tezuka-kun will be waiting for you to meet him abroad, right?"

The expression on Trace's face was even worse.

"What the hell are you talking about, stupid ......!"

...... Ah, I always feel like I'm starting to miss it, this tone, this voice, this way of saying "stupid"-

Liu Quan was still staring at him, with a calm and warm smile on his face.

"So, in the future, in men's tennis, you can compete well with Tezuka-kun. Ah~Ah, I always feel that you are in love and kill each other, and it will definitely last forever. ”

Uncle Jibe's face darkened.

“...... I say, you're having another attack on the snake spirit before, aren't you?" he asked, exasperated.

Liu Quan snorted and laughed, and the [calm smirk] expression on his face was also broken.

"Ah~ I always feel so nostalgic, those perverted days. She said with a smile, as if she had completely failed to see the fact that her words had climbed to a new level of choking, and that Uncle Jibe's anger groove had almost been blown up by herself.

"It's a shame why I didn't just beat my opponents in the women's tennis world one by one in those days - seeing them happily continue to play healthy and dazzling tennis, while I tried my best but could only beat them in a short practice match, this is completely unsatisfactory to my violent tendencies~"

Uncle Jibe glared at her fiercely, with an annoyed ......look of "Ahh Who the hell are you trying to beat?!Who the hell has offended you?!ahhhhh

Liu Quan shrugged his shoulders and replied openly, "For example...... Some of the players to watch in women's tennis are like...... Orange apricots?"