"Thank you for sending us back to the garden~"

After getting out of the car, Xiaolan waved goodbye to the garden, "We'll see you at school tomorrow~"

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow~" Yuan Zi also smiled and waved goodbye to his friends.

At this moment, only the two sisters Yuanzi and Ayako were left in the car, and Tang Ze had already sent them back to his residence before sending Xiaolan and the others.

"Ah~It's so fun~" The garden called out on the seat without any image.

"Well, it's a good vacation." Ayako looked at her lazy sister from the side, and didn't preach, but smiled gently.

"It's a pity." Yuanzi said that she looked at the old lady with a wrecked face, "The purpose of our vacation is that there is no progress at all!" ”

Hearing her sister say this, Ayako's face turned red, and she immediately whispered with some embarrassment: "Actually... There's still some progress..."

"Huh... Hey? Hey!!!!!! ”

Hearing this, Yuan Zi immediately jumped up from his seat, and immediately hit his head on the roof of the car, and covered his head in pain, causing a panic.

"Garden, are you alright?"

Faced with the relationship between his sister, Yuanzi didn't have anything to do with the painful head, but looked straight at his sister and asked repeatedly, "What did you just say!?" I heard you right! There is progress!? ”

Facing the garden's questioning, Ayako was a little embarrassed, but nodded anyway.

"What a situation!! When!! How did I not know!? ”

Seeing that his sister confirmed, Yuanzi was even more excited than Ayako, and asked questions repeatedly.

"Actually, it was when you were dragged by Conan to chase Xiaolan..."Ayako whispered back.

"Nani Nani!! What's the situation? What's next? When Sonoko heard this, she instantly came to her senses, and hugged Ayako's arm and asked repeatedly.

"Watching a movie!?" After hearing the whisper, Yuan Zi couldn't help but exclaim, "And it was Tang Ze who took the initiative to invite you!?" ”

"Garden, it's too loud!" Ayako embarrassedly covered her mouth in the garden, trying to make her quieter.

"It's okay, it's okay." Yuan Zi waved his hand, "Don't you see that the soundproof panels are closed properly?" The driver in front of me can't hear it, don't worry, sister. ”

"But I really didn't expect it." Yuan Zi pinched his chin and said unexpectedly: "I thought you were taking the initiative, but I didn't expect it to be the other party who took the lead...

This is really an accident, I thought that although Tang Ze was keen and decisive in his work, he was the same as a "reasoning maniac" I knew, and belonged to the type of relatively dull and timid, but I didn't expect the unexpected to be bold. ”

"Because I've seen through it," Ayako thought to herself, a little shy.

Looking out the window at night, the sound of the garden in my ears became farther and farther away, gradually becoming the background sound, and the previous memories in my mind became vivid again.

…….

Izu.

In sunny weather, the waves turn golden under the reflection of the sun, and the sea breeze blows from time to time, making people unconsciously squint their eyes.

At the table in the open air, because the rest of the people ran away, only the two of them remained.

"That's... Ayako-san, I remember that you were from the Film Research Club at university, so you should like to watch movies very much, right? ”

There were only two people left at the table, and after a period of silence, Tang Ze took the lead in breaking the peace.

"Movies? Of course I liked it. Talking about her favorite topic, Ayako returned to normal from an uncomfortable feeling and said with a smile.

"Then I wonder if there are any good movies lately?" Tang Ze asked: "I feel like I don't have any personal time lately, and I want to take the time to watch a movie to relax, do you have any recommendations?" ”

"I haven't been to a movie for a long time, and I don't know what has been released recently." Ayako said slightly apologetically.

"If you don't mind, when you go back to Tokyo, why don't you go to the movies together?" Tang Ze smiled slightly and sent an invitation to Ayako.

"Huh...!?"

Ayako's slightly flustered voice sounded, and the sudden invitation made her panic for a moment, but Ayako, who reacted immediately, nodded, and after a long time, she said a soft "um".

"Then I'll make an appointment with you in advance next week, after all, I don't know if there will be an emergency temporarily, so I'll set the time, relatively, it's up to you to choose what movie to watch."

Tang Ze smiled and said: "But please do one thing, don't choose horror movies, I can't stand that." ”

"I see." After hearing Tang Ze's usual words, Ayako also recovered from her shyness and nodded with a light smile.

Tang Ze looked at Ayako and smiled: "Did you just flash in your mind thoughts like "It turns out that Tang Zejun is afraid of ghosts"? ”

"No, no." Ayako waved her hand, and then said embarrassedly: "It's just a little accident." ”

"Well, I just don't like it." Tang Ze spread his hands and said helplessly: "My work is already a very serious matter, I don't want to watch horror movies anymore to add a gloomy atmosphere." ”

During the chat, after a topic ended, Ayako was silent for a moment and couldn't help asking, "Tang Zejun, I want to ask you a question..."

"Huh? What is it. ”

"Why do you... What about inviting me to the movies? ”

After Ayako hesitated for a moment, Ayako summoned up the courage to ask with some nervousness, three points shyness, three points of hope, and one point of emotion that she couldn't explain.

"You've probably heard stories like this." Tang Ze did not answer Ayako's question, but instead told a very old-fashioned story.

A boy and a girl like each other, but they don't have the courage to speak up and take the first step, and eventually as time passes, the two separate.

When the two met again many years later, they had already had their own lives, and the two greeted each other with a smile, then passed by, and have not seen each other since.

Sometimes they wonder if they had the courage to take that step, would they end up in disgrace, or would they spend their lives together?

But everything can only be imagined, because the step that was not taken, in the end, was not taken, and it could never be taken again.

"So, if someone plucks up the courage to take the first step, how can I let her continue to take steps towards me."

Tang Ze had a gentle smile in his eyes: "This time, it's me who will take a step." ”

………

But in such a situation, how can I be embarrassed to talk to my sister, I won't be ridiculed to death when the time comes, plus the character of the garden, I'm afraid the whole family will know in two days.

So no matter how the garden asked, Ayako kept smiling, but she just didn't speak, making the garden's curiosity like a cat scratching, but she had no choice but to give up.

Looking at the changing scenery outside the car window, the corners of Ayako's mouth unconsciously raised.

It reminded her of the first time the two met.