sent an email to Shiraishi "I'm going to invite you to dinner tonight", and before Huali's phone was put down, Shiraishi's reply had already come.

"Tell me, what do you want me to do you a favor with?" 』

"......" Hanari was silent for a few seconds, then decided to ignore his words and continue to email him.

"At 7 p.m., the Round Plate Restaurant on Baiye Street. 』

Zhishui, who was passing behind her, glanced at the contents of his phone: "It seems that you often ask him for help." ”

"How can there be!" Hua Li retorted dissatisfiedly, "That's it...... Took a few leave of absence for me. ”

…… No, wait.

If you think about it carefully, it seems that there is really more than taking leave, the class notes for each of her absences are made by Shiraishi, and the focus of the end of the semester is drawn by Shiraishi, and even when she occasionally can't eat because of lack of money, it is Shiraishi who is helping her and buying her some bread or something.

She had been so busy collecting youkai that she hadn't noticed that Shiraishi had done so much for her.

Pulling the corners of her mouth a little embarrassed, Huali sighed and decided to thank him well in the evening.

"By the way, do you want to stop the water and rest at night?"

"I have to work at night," Zhishui touched Huali's head, "go yourself, be careful." ”

Huali didn't speak, but began to wonder in her heart, should she buy a mobile phone for Zhishui? If it is easy to contact, Zhishui will not have to squat at school all day long.

Since Zhishui started working, their family's economy has been much better, after all, the hourly wage of physical life is not ordinarily high, Zhishui has saved some money, and it should be more than enough to take out some of it to buy a mobile phone.

When it was time to invite, as soon as Hanashi arrived at the restaurant, he found that Shiraishi had arrived, he was leaning against the wall and looking at his phone, and after finding that Hanashi was coming, Shiraishi straightened up and waved at her, his eyes inadvertently drifted behind her, and there was no second person.

"Didn't your brother come?"

"Brother?" Hua Li was stunned for a second, and then she realized that what he said was probably to stop the water, "Ah, brother, he ...... Went to work. ”

"That's right," Shiraishi secretly breathed a sigh of relief inside, "let's go in." ”

This restaurant is an ordinary family restaurant, and it is very lively during meal time. After finding a seat in the corner and ordering a few dishes from the waiter, Hanashi took out an omamori from her bag and handed it to Shiraishi: "Na, this is a gift." ”

"And a gift?" Shiraishi took the red omamori in her hand and flipped it to the back to see that the word "victory" was written on it.

"I hope you can win the national tournament smoothly," Hanari smiled a little smugly, "My omamori is more useful than what the temple begged for." ”

"Thank you, Yakumo, I'll cherish it," Shiraishi put the omamori in his pocket, then stretched out his hand to look at her with his chin propped up, "Come on, and ask me for some help." ”

"What, could it be that I came to you to ask you for help?" Hanari pursed her lips, but suddenly remembered Furukawa's words in her heart, she frowned and hesitated for a while, but decided to speak, "Actually, there is really one thing I want to ask you, Shiraishi, do you know Ryo Nojima?"

"Nojima?" Shiraishi thought for a moment, "Kenya's opponent?"

"Yes, yes, that's him. Hanashi nodded firmly.

"I know each other, but I don't know him very well," Shiraishi asked curiously, "what's wrong with him?"

Hua Li glanced left and right, leaned closer to Shiraishi and lowered her voice and said, "Has that person suffered any blows recently? ”

"I don't know much about him," Shiraishi's eyes sank slightly, "Yakumo ...... to him Interested?"

“…… Well, a little bit. Hanari lowered her eyes, her expression was a little heavy, in fact, she was originally a little curious about the spirit behind Nojima, but yesterday Furukawa's words dug out the darkness hidden deep in her heart, so she became so excited.

As a result, in the final analysis, she was really still a member of the Yakumo family, and she couldn't turn a blind eye to this kind of thing.

It's just willing to put a shackle on himself.

"That's right," Shiraishi said with a smile on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes, "If Yakumo is so interested, I'll go and inquire for you." ”

…… Did she say something wrong?Why did Shiraishi's expression look so strange?

Hanari tilted her head and thought about it, but she didn't feel that she had said anything wrong, could it be because she was going to ask him for help again, so Shiraishi was unhappy?

"That ......," Hanari tried to explain, "I really invited you to dinner to thank you, not because I wanted your help, if you don't want to......"

"No, I'm willing," Shiraishi interrupted Hanari's words, looking at her with a serious expression, "As long as it's Yakumo's wish, I'll ......"

"Sorry to interrupt, it's your food. The waiter's abrupt voice made Shiraishi stunned, and he suddenly turned his face away a little uncomfortably, avoiding the gaze of Hua Li, "Ah, thank you." ”

Hua Li stiffly watched the waiter put the dishes on the table, the palms hidden under the table were already slightly sweaty, even if she was sluggish, she could also sense that Shiraishi's overly hot gaze, not to mention that Shiraishi said something like that.

Friends and lovers are not the same after all, and she can't respond to Shiraishi's feelings and can't say anything.

picked up the chopsticks and started eating, but the two of them fell into an awkward silence, Hanari didn't speak, and Shiraishi didn't mean to speak.

After hurriedly ending this extremely depressing meal, when Hanari walked out behind Shiraishi, she suddenly felt that it was not okay to be silent like this, and she had to say something.

"That, Shiraishi," Seeing Shiraishi stop and turn around, Huali, who hadn't thought about what to say, became more and more entangled, and didn't dare to look up at his eyes, so he could only stare at a potted plant next to him and say, "Actually, Shiraishi is a very powerful person, he has many friends, and he is also very popular with girls, and he is also the head of the tennis department......"

"......" Shiraishi was silent and did not speak, the love in his eyes was a little obscure, until Hanari peeked at her at a loss, Shiraishi sighed lowly, "I understand what you mean." ”

Huali was stunned, he knew what he meant?

"Yakumo, if you like Nojima," Shiraishi paused and spoke in a low tone, "I'll help you." ”

Hanali: "......"

This guy doesn't even get it! and-

"Who said I like Nojima, hey!"

"Huh?" Shiraishi was stunned, "Didn't Yakumo say that he was interested in him?"

Hua Li was suddenly a little angry: "That's because something strange happened around him, and I'm just curious!"

"......" Shiraishi froze for a few seconds, then burst out laughing, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I misunderstood." ”

Looking at Shiraishi's smile, Huali's heart was full of mixed tastes, and she couldn't say anything.

Shisui had said that if she liked someone, she would naturally know what it was like to like it, but she didn't have such thoughts when she faced Shiraishi.

She probably doesn't have that kind of affection for Baishi.

When I got home, Shisui had already returned, and Hanari was changing her shoes in the hallway, but suddenly heard a rattling sound from inside the house.

…… What's the situation, there are crows in the house?

Hua Li walked into the living room suspiciously, only to find that Zhishui was looking for something in the refrigerator, and on his shoulder, a black crow was squatting.

"......," Hua Li said expressionlessly, "Where did the crow come from?"

Shishui and the crow's gaze looked at her at the same time, and after the two looked at each other for a few seconds, the crow fluttered its wings and flew up, and then quickly fled through the window.

"Doesn't Huali like crows?" Zhishui smiled and closed the refrigerator door, only to find that Huali didn't react at all, but lay on the sofa in a daze, looking not in a good mood.

Did something happen while eating with Shiraishi?

"Now, stop the water," Hanari buried her face in the crook of her arm, unwilling to raise her head, "I always feel ...... I can't pretend I don't know anything anymore and talk to Shiraishi. ”

Zhishui's eyes sank slightly, but he couldn't say anything.

"But I don't dare to say anything," Huali sat up straight, her eyes full of confusion, "what to do, stop the water." ”

"......" Zhishui looked away, "Since he didn't explain it to you, he should want to maintain the status quo with you." ”

What to say about maintaining the status quo...... Zhishui mocked himself in his heart, obviously in a sense, he and Shiraishi were in the same position at all.

The one who wants to maintain the status quo is the one who is right.

"But I can't treat him as an ordinary friend anymore," Huali covered her face in annoyance, "He said something like that, and I ...... it."

Zhishui frowned and asked, "What did he say?"

Hua Li bit her lower lip and hesitated for a moment before whispering: "He said that as long as it is my wish, he will ...... Help me make it happen. ”

Stop water: "......"

Didn't he often say this to her, and why didn't Huali ever think much about him?

Could it be that he said too much, and Huali is already immune to him?

As a result, the person who fell into trouble changed from Hanashi to Shisui.

Such days lasted for a few days, and on the way home from school, Huali finally couldn't hold it back, and she pulled the corner of Zhishui's clothes suspiciously: "Zhishui, you've been a little strange lately." ”

Zhishui was stunned for a moment, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "...... Is there one?"

"Of course there is!" Hua Li replied decisively, and then counted with him with a serious finger, "You see, you don't touch my head anymore, you don't smile much, you get distracted at every turn, and you break two plates." ”

Stop water: "......"

When she said this, she felt that there was nothing wrong with the water stop.